Kansas State basketball will face George Washington in the first round of the U.S. Virgin Islands Paradise Jam on Nov. 22, tournament organizers announced Tuesday as they revealed the full bracket for the eight-team tournament.
Paradise Jam will take place Friday, Nov. 22, through Monday, Nov. 25, at the University of the Virgin Islands Sports and Fitness Center in St. Louis. It will be K-State’s third appearance in its 24-year history. of the tournament.
K-State is in the bottom half of the eight-team bracket, along with GWU, Louisiana and Liberty. If the Wildcats win the opener, they will face the Louisiana-Liberty winner in the semifinals on Nov. 24, while the first-round losers will meet on Nov. 23.
First-round matchups in the top half of the bracket pit Longwood against Alabama-Birmingham and Illinois State against McNeese State. The championship game will take place on Monday, November 25th, preceded by the seventh, fourth and third place games.
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Three of the teams participating in the tournament – Longwood, McNeese State and UAB – advanced to the NCAA tournament last year.
K-State previously announced non-conference matchups with St. John’s in the Big East/Big 12 Battle Series on Dec. 7 in New York and with Drake on Dec. 17 at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City. The Wildcats will also play a 20-game Big 12 schedule as the league expands to 16 teams in 2024-25.
The Wildcats finished 19-15 last year in their second season under coach Jerome Tang. Only three players return from that team.
Arne Green lives in Salina and covers Kansas State University sports for the Gannett Network. He can be contacted at agreen@gannett.com or on Twitter at @arnegreen.
This article originally appeared in the Topeka Capital-Journal: Kansas State Basketball to Face George Washington at Paradise Jam
