2012 Paradise Jam

August 2023 March 2026 Paradise Jam Men's, Women's 2012 2013 200px 8 Sports and Fitness Center Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands New Mexico (men's)Connecticut (women's Island) South Carolina (women's Reef) Kendall Williams, New Mexico (men's) Breanna Stewart, Connecticut (women's Island) Aleighsa Welch, South Carolina (women's Reef) The 2012 Paradise Jam was an early-season men's and women's college basketball tournament. The tournament, which began in 2000, was part of the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season and 2011–12 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The tournament was played at the Sports and Fitness Center in Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, New Mexico won the men's tournament, in the women's tournament Connecticut won the women's Island Division and South Carolina won the women's Reef Division. Men's tournament thumb|New Mexico's Demetrius Walker drives against Connecticut's Enosch Wolf at the 2012 Paradise Jam Championship game The 2012 Paradise Jam featured some close games. ESPN predicted that UConn would face New Mexico in the finals, which did happen, but the results were far from ordained. In the first round, the largest victory was a seven-point win by New Mexico over the University of Illinois at Chicago. Connecticut beat Wake Forest by six, While George Mason, behind at the half, came back to win by three points over Mercer. However, the Quinnipiac – Iona game was tied at the half, and tied at the end of regulation. Despite scoring 13 points in overtime, Iona fell to Quinnipiac. In the second round, the games were even closer. George Mason held a five-point lead over New Mexico with twelve seconds left, when the Lobos hit a three-pointer, then stole the ball and hit another three-pointer with under two seconds to play, to win by a single point. In the other match up, between two teams from the same state, UConn was down by double digits with five minutes to go, yet the game went to double-overtime before UConn won in the second overtime. In the title game, UConn came from nine points down to take a brief two-point lead with just over two minutes to go, but gave up nine straight points, and ended up with the loss 66–60. The Lobos hit all 21 of their free throw attempts in the game and went on to win the 2012 Paradise Jam Championship.2012 Paradise Jam Bracket http://www.paradisejam.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/2012-CBS-Bracket1.pdf Basketball Travelers, Inc 5 October 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121202224025/http://www.paradisejam.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/2012-CBS-Bracket1.pdf 2 December 2012 dead dmy-all Bracket * – Denotes overtime period yes First Round November 16 Mercer 49 George Mason 52 UIC 59 New Mexico 66 Wake Forest 71 23 Connecticut 77 Quinnipiac 98* Iona 92 Semifinals November 18 George Mason 69 New Mexico 70 23 Connecticut 89** Quinnipiac 83 Consolation 2nd Round November 18 Mercer 36 UIC 62 Wake Forest 68 Iona 94 Championship November 19 New Mexico 66 21 Connecticut 60 3rd Place Game George Mason 74 Quinnipiac 58 5th Place Game November 19 UIC 86 Iona 81 7th Place Game Mercer 71 Wake Forest 74 Women's tournament The woman's tournament is organized as two divisions of four teams, each playing each other in a round-robin format. First-round games were held on Thanksgiving Day 22 November, while the second and third-round games were held on Friday and Saturday, the 23rd and 24th. Reef Division thumb|left|South Carolina's Ieasia Walker drives to the basket against DePaul's Brittany Hrynko, while Blue Demon coach Doug Bruno watches on at the 2012 Paradise Jam In the Reef Division, DePaul was involved in two of the closest games. In their Thanksgiving match up with Florida Gulf Coast, despite twelve point leads in the first half, the Eagles were within one point at halftime. They briefly held a lead in the second half, but were behind by eight points with just over two minutes to go. They climbed back to within two, but could not take the lead, and lost 60–58. In their next game against Hampton, the Blue Demons fell behind by 13 with 14 minutes to go. They tied up the game with just over a minute to go. No one scored until the final seconds, when Anna Martin was fouled with three seconds to go in the game. She missed the first free throw, but hit the second, to secure the win for DePaul 68–67. South Carolina won their first game against Hampton 45–34, and their second against Florida Gulf Coast 65–46, setting up the deciding game between the two 2–0 teams. South Carolina went on to win the game 55–46, which won the Reef Division championship. Aleighsa Welch of South Carolina was named the Reef Division MVP. 18em start y n November 22 DePaul 68 Florida Gulf Coast 67 18em break y n November 22 South Carolina 45 Hampton 34 end 18em start y n November 23 Hampton 67 DePaul 68 18em break y n November 23 Florida Gulf Coast 45 South Carolina 65 end 18em start y n November 24 South Carolina 55 DePaul 46 18em break y n November 24 Florida Gulf Coast 70 Hampton 59 end Island division thumb|300px|Geno Auriemma at 2012 Paradise Jam The Island Division was dominated by Connecticut, Connecticut faced Wake Forest, but the game was never close. The Huskies scored the first twelve points, and extended the margin to a 45-12 halftime score. All players saw action, and the final score was 95–34 in favor of Connecticut, with the Huskies shooting almost 69% from the floor. Dolson hit her first career three point attempt, while Stewart led all scorers with 20 points.Wake Forest Box Score https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/boxscore?gameId=323270041 ESPN 26 Nov 2012Wake Forest Play by Play http://espn.go.com/ncw/playbyplay?gameId=3232700411 ESPN 26 Nov 2012July 2024 medicmedic In the second game of the Paradise Jam Tournament, UConn met Marist. UConn opened in full court pressure, which helped to open up a 22-9 early lead. Then the Huskies went on an 18–0 run to extend the lead. Breanna Stewart scored 20 points and recorded 10 rebounds for her first career double-double. Connecticut went on to win 81–39. The win represented the 48th consecutive in-season tournament win, a streak extending back to 1992.Freshman Breanna Stewart scores 20 in UConn's romp https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=323282368 ESPN 26 Nov 2012ALTAVILLA JOHN UConn Overwhelms Marist, 81-39 November 23, 2012 https://www.courant.com/2012/11/23/uconn-overwhelms-marist-81-39-2/ Hartford Courant 26 Nov 2012 Connecticut faced 14th ranked Purdue in the finals of the Paradise Jam Tournament. Each team entered the final game with a 2–0 record. Purdue was successful beyond the arc, hitting 59% of their three-point attempts (13 of 22), but hit only six two point shots. UConn started out with an 11–0 run, and never trailed. UConn went on to win 91–57.Purdue Box Score https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/boxscore?gameId=323290041 ESPN 26 Nov 2012UConn wins Paradise Jam by plastering Purdue https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=323290041 ESPN 26 Nov 2012 Breanna Stewart a freshman for Connecticut was named tournament MVP, (the first time freshman to win the award other than Maya Moore in 2007). Kaleena Lewis was also named to the All-tournament team. 18em start y n November 22 Connecticut2012-2013 SCHEDULE http://www.uconnhuskies.com/sports/w-baskbl/sched/conn-w-baskbl-sched.html UConnHuskies.com 30 Sep 2012 30 March 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090330065003/http://www.uconnhuskies.com/sports/w-baskbl/sched/conn-w-baskbl-sched.html dead 95 Wake Forest2012-2013 SCHEDULE https://godeacs.com/sports/womens-basketball/schedule/2012-13 GoDeacs.com 34 18em break y n November 22 14 Purdue2012-2013 SCHEDULE https://purduesports.com/sports/womens-basketball/schedule/2012-13 PurdueSports.com 71 Marist 50 end 18em start y n November 23 Marist 39 Connecticut 81 18em break y n November 23 Wake Forest 53 14 Purdue 67 end 18em start y n November 24 Marist 81 Wake Forest 66 18em break y n November 24 14 Purdue 57 Connecticut 91 end References 2 Tournament History & Statistics http://www.paradisejam.com/womens-tournament-history/ Basketball Travelers, Inc. 23 Dec 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130125093402/http://www.paradisejam.com/womens-tournament-history/ 2013-01-25 Brennan Eamonn Paradise Jam Primer https://www.espn.com/blog/collegebasketballnation/post/_/id/67246/paradise-jam-primer ESPN 24 Dec 2012 Scores for November 16, 2012 https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/scoreboard?date=20121116&confId=50 ESPN 24 Dec 2012 Brennan Eamonn Previewing the Paradise Jam finale https://www.espn.com/blog/collegebasketballnation/post/_/id/67580/previewing-the-paradise-jam-finale ESPN 24 Dec 2012 Complete Play-By-Play https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/playbyplay?gameId=323240041 ESPN 24 Dec 2012 Lobos down Huskies to win Paradise Jam https://www.foxnews.com/sports/lobos-down-huskies-to-win-paradise-jam/ FoxNews.com 26 Dec 2012 Complete Play-By-Play https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/playbyplay?gameId=323270305 ESPN 23 Dec 2012 Complete Play-By-Play https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/playbyplay?gameId=323282261 ESPN 23 Dec 2012 2012 Women’s Tournament Scores and Brackets http://www.paradisejam.com/womens-tournament-info/womens-tournament-scores-and-brackets/ Basketball Travelers, Inc. 23 Dec 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20131104122738/http://www.paradisejam.com/womens-tournament-info/womens-tournament-scores-and-brackets/ 4 November 2013 dead dmy-all UConn wins Paradise Jam by plastering Purdue https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=323290041 Basketball Travelers, Inc. 23 Dec 2012 Paradise Jam Tournament Category:Paradise Jam Paradise Jam