This Friday, eight solid college basketball programs send their teams to the U.S. Virgin Islands for the 10th annual Paradise Jam tournament. As the Purdue Boilermakers are part of this year's event, it's only fitting that a Boilermaker columnist cover the Jam and offer some predictions on the outcome. Two Top 10 programs, Purdue and Tennessee, headline the tournament, with two other teams who reached last season's NCAA Tournament, Northern Iowa and Boston College. UNI and Purdue, in particular, have a little familiarity with each other, with Purdue ending UNI's NCAA ride in last year's first round. Unfortunately, the rematch would not occur here unless the two meet in the championship or fourth-place games. But, we're getting ahead of...

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