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2022 Paradise Jam
Season	2022–23
Teams	8
Finals site	Sports and Fitness Center,; Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
Champions	Drake (men's); Georgia (women's Island); Arkansas (women's Reef);
MVP	Tucker DeVries, Drake (men's); Diamond Battles, Georgia (women's Island); Makayla Daniels, Arkansas (women's Reef);
Paradise Jam
«2021	2023»

The 2022 Paradise Jam is an early-season men's and women's college basketball tournament. The tournament, which began in 2000, is part of the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season and 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The tournament was played at the Sports and Fitness Center in Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. Drake won the men's tournament, in the women's tournament Georgia won the Island Division, and Arkansas won the Reef Division.

Men's tournament


5th Place Game November 21		Consolation 2nd Round November 19		First Round November 18		Semifinals November 20		Championship November 21



				Buffalo	72

				Drake	80

		Buffalo	59			Drake	61

		Howard	63			Wyoming	56

				Howard	71

				Wyoming	78

Howard	73							Drake	71

Belmont	96							Tarleton State	64

				Tarleton State	89

				Belmont	81

7th Place Game		Belmont	66			Tarleton State	70	3rd Place Game

		George Mason	62			Boston College	54

Buffalo	82			Boston College	71			Wyoming	48

George Mason	74			George Mason	56			Boston College	59

↑ "2022 Paradise Jam Bracket" (PDF). Paradise Jam. Basketball Travelers. Retrieved October 19, 2022.
↑ "2022 Women's Paradise Jam Bracket" (PDF). Paradise Jam. Basketball Travelers.