NORFOLK, Va. – Two schools with rich men’s basketball traditions will pay homage to the late Paul Webb next week when Old Dominion hosts Randolph-Macon Tuesday night in a rare rematch of what once was a torrid “small college” rivalry.
The game has been dubbed “The Paul Webb Challenge.”
The game will feature an unusual matchup in this the modern era of college basketball in which Division I and Division III schools rarely play. But given that Webb coached at both schools, a game in Norfolk was deemed an appropriate manner to honor Webb.
Webb coached at a time when Randolph-Macon and ODU were College Division and later Division II rivals in the old Mason-Dixon Conference.
Webb was 315-158 in 19 seasons at Randolph-Macon, where he won four conference titles and took his team to seven NCAA tournaments.
In 1975, he moved to ODU, where in ten seasons he was 196-99, took the Monarchs to the NCAA Division II Final Four and led ODU into Division I in 1975-76, his second season.