Pictured: Alabama F Jermareo Davidson (AP Photo)

SportSouth, the regional sports network that exclusively targets the interests of the southern sports fan, will telecast the semifinals and finals of the Paradise Jam Men's Basketball Tournament, live Sunday and Monday, Nov. 19-20, 2006. Every year, the prestigious Paradise Jam features some of the nation's most high-profile men's and women's college basketball teams playing in one of the world's most exotic locales, St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

SportSouth's double-header coverage of the semifinals on Sunday, Nov. 19 begins with game one at 6:00 p.m. and game two following at 8:00 p.m. SportSouth will telecast the tournament's third-place game on Monday, Nov. 20 at 6:00 p.m., followed by the Championship Game at 8:30 p.m. Mark Brown (play-by-play) and Larry Conley (analyst) will be hosting this early season island competition. All times listed are Eastern.

This year's Paradise Jam features the most impressive men's field the tournament has ever assembled, with four of the 2006 participants earning berths to the 2006 NCAA tournament last March. Villanova (28-5), Iowa (25-9), Xavier (21-11), and Alabama (18-13) each competed in the NCAA tournament. Villanova advancing to the Elite 8, and Alabama reached the second round. Although those four NCAA-hardened squads bring high expectations to the islands, this November, they will be hard-pressed by the other four teams also seeking early season success. Virginia Commonwealth (19-10), Toledo (20-11), College of Charleston (17-11), and Middle Tennessee State (16-12) round out the eight-team Paradise Jam field, making it one of the most competitive neutral court early season tournaments in America. All games will be played at the state-of-the-art University of the Virgin Islands Sports and Fitness Center in Charlotte Amalie, the capital of the Virgin Islands in St. Thomas.

SportSouth reaches more than eight million cable and satellite subscribers across a six state region comprised of Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, South Carolina and regions of central and western North Carolina. FSN South, the nation's largest regional sports network, reaches 11.8 million homes in seven states in the Southeast. FSN is the nation's leading provider of local sports. Through its affiliates and other FNG-owned networks, FSN reaches more than 82 million homes through 22 regional networks. Headquartered in Los Angeles, FSN owned or affiliated regional sports networks serve as the TV home to 64 of the 82 MLB, NHL and NBA teams based in the United States.