Old Dominion has long promoted the awareness of breast cancer, honoring breast cancer survivors and donating proceeds to cancer research from its annual Hoops for the Cure women’s basketball game.
But since men's basketball coach Jeff Jones recently announced that his prostate cancer is still active, the University has also begun a major effort to promote awareness of that deadly disease.
ODU has designated its Nov. 23 home basketball against Northern Iowa as Prostate Cancer Awareness Night. And instead of a sea of pink, there will be a sea of Columbia blue in the stands.
Light blue, the color that ODU athletic teams wore for many years, is also the color associated with prostate cancer awareness.