The 2017 Paradise Jam was an early-season men's and women's college basketball tournament. The tournament, which began in 2000, was part of the 2017-18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season and 2017-18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The tournaments are normally held at Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands at the Sports and Fitness Center on the campus of the University of the Virgin Islands. However, due to major damage to the Virgin Islands from Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Maria, the tournaments were moved to the U.S. mainland. Tournament organizers solicited hosting bids from all schools in the men's and women's tournaments, with each tournament originally intended to be awarded to one of its participating schools. The substitute host for on September 29, 2017 it was announced that the Vines Center on the campus of Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, would host the men's tournament. On October 4, The women's tournament which is organized into two separate four team round four-team tournaments, was The Reef division will be held at the Charles E. Smith Center on the campus of George Washington University in Washington, D.C., while the Island division will be held at Titan Field House on the campus of Eastern Florida State College in Melbourne, Florida. Colorado won the men's tournament, in the women's tournament West Virginia won the Island Division and Syracuse won the Reef Division. Men's tournament Bracket * – Denotes overtime period Campus Site Games Championship Round Women's tournament The women's tournament will be played from November 23–25. The women's tournament consists of 8 teams split into two 4-team, round-robin divisions: Island and Reef. Island Division West Virginia took on Butler in the opening day of the Island Division. The Mountaineers started out strong scoring 10 points before Butler scored, and held a 16–7 lead at the end of the first quarter. West Virginia's Naomi Davenport Recorded a double double with 12 points and 11 rebounds by halftime. Butler didn't back down and cut the nine point lead to five by halftime. In the second half Butler took a one point lead with just over two minutes to go, but West Virginia responded with consecutive three-pointers by Teanna Muldrow and Chania Ray. Butler was forced to foul and Muldrow sealed the win making four consecutive free throws. West Virginia ended up winning 75–68. In the other Island Division game, Virginia Tech took on Drexel. The Hokies outscored