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Following destruction from recent hurricanes, the Butler University women’s basketball team will not be traveling to the Caribbean in late November as originally planned.
It was announced Sept. 22 that the 2017 U.S. Virgin Islands Paradise Jam tournament will be relocated to the mainland U.S. due to damage caused from hurricanes Irma and Maria.
“As a staff, it’s our responsibility to ensure the teams involved in this tournament are not negatively impacted from a safety perspective or a scheduling perspective,” tournament director Jennifer Ashby said in a statement.