The 2017 Paradise Jam Tournament were men's and women's preseason college basketball tournaments that took place at three locations in the contiguous United States. 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 Hurricanes Irma and Maria, the events 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 the men's tournament was announced on September 29 as Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, with Vines Center as the venue. On October 4, two substitute sites for the women's event, which is organized as two separate four-team tournaments, were announced. The Reef division will be held at the Charles E. Smith Center at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., while the Island division will be held in Melbourne, Florida at the neutral Titan Field House at Eastern Florida State College.