By Harry Minium
The renewal of the rivalry between Old Dominion University and Norfolk State drew the largest TV audience in Hampton Roads so far this basketball season, officials from WGNT-TV and WTKR-TV said.
According to Nielson ratings, the Wednesday night game drew a 1.5 share of the Hampton Roads TV audience on WGNT-TV. That compares well against two previous ESPN games that included some basketball blue bloods: Michigan-Duke, which drew a 1.2, and Kansas-Kentucky, which drew a 1.0.
About 9,000 households, or approximately 30,000 people, saw most or all of the ODU-Norfolk State game.