Capital Hoops Classic

The Capital Hoops Classic is a Canadian rivalry basketball series between the University of Ottawa Gee-Gees and Carleton University Ravens sponsored by bank holding company MBNA. The series, featuring both the men's and women's teams, has been held since 2007 at Canadian Tire Centre (known until 2013 as Scotiabank Place) and traditionally occurs on the first Friday in February. Both schools are located in the city of Ottawa; Ottawa is older of the two and is located in the downtown Sandy Hill neighbourhood of the city, while Carleton sits between Old Ottawa South and Dow's Lake. Both teams compete in the East division of Ontario University Athletics in U Sports, and frequently finish near the top of the league table.

Capital Hoops Classic
SportBasketball
Teams
First meetingJanuary 23, 2007
Ottawa 64, Carleton 62
Latest meetingFebruary 7, 2020
Men's: Ottawa 68, Carleton 67
Women's: Ottawa 77, Carleton 75
Next meeting2021
Statistics
Meetings totalMen's: 14 Women's: 13
All-time seriesMen's: Carleton leads, 11–3 Women's: Carleton leads, 8–5
Largest victoryMen's: Carleton, 74–34 (2012) Women's: Carleton, 73–50 (2016)
Longest win streakCarleton (Men's), 8 (2008–2015) Carleton (Women's), 4 (2008–2011)
Current win streakOttawa (Men's), 1 (2020–present) Ottawa (Women's), 2 (2019–present)

History

On January 23, 2007, the two men's basketball teams faced off at Scotiabank Place in front of nearly 9,720 spectators, which was a record crowd for a regular season basketball game in U Sports (then known as Canadian Interuniversity Sport). The Ottawa Gee-Gees won the inaugural event 64–62. This event, now known as the Capital Hoops Classic, has been expanded to include the women's teams as well, with the Classic featuring a doubleheader of both teams.

The January 28, 2009 edition of the game broke the 2007 record with 10,523 fans attending the two games, with both of Carleton's teams posting victories over Ottawa.[1]

In the 2013–14 season the teams faced each other both in the provincial and national finals, with Ottawa winning the OUA championship and Carleton winning the national title.

The 2015 matchup set a new record attendance at 10,780 and was the first time in the series where the Gee-Gees Men's team were the top-ranked team in the CIS, with the Ravens holding second. The Gee-Gees defeated the Ravens in an earlier game; the inaugural "Bytown Battle" which took place at the U of O's Montpetit Hall. However, while their women won 46–40, the Gee-Gees men were unable to defeat the Ravens in the rivalry series, falling 79–66.[2][3]

Game results

Men's
Ottawa victories Carleton victories
Year Site Winning team Losing team Series Attendance Notes
2007Scotiabank Place Ottawa64Carleton62OTT 1–09,730Inaugural edition of the Capital Hoops Classic
2008Scotiabank Place Carleton70Ottawa66TIED 1–19,124
2009Scotiabank Place Carleton87Ottawa72CAR 2–110,523
2010Scotiabank Place Carleton77Ottawa66CAR 3–18,074
2011Scotiabank Place Carleton78Ottawa65CAR 4–17,565
2012Scotiabank Place Carleton74Ottawa34CAR 5–17,022Largest margin of victory
2013Scotiabank Place Carleton63Ottawa58CAR 6–16,208
2014Canadian Tire Centre Carleton82Ottawa58CAR 7–16,604
2015Canadian Tire Centre Carleton79Ottawa66CAR 8–110,780Highest attendance record
2016 Canadian Tire Centre Ottawa 78 Carleton 72 CAR 8–2 10,105
2017Canadian Tire Centre Carleton74Ottawa61CAR 9–210,030
2018Canadian Tire Centre Carleton67Ottawa56CAR 10–28,579
2019Canadian Tire Centre Carleton82Ottawa64CAR 11–29,004
2020TD Place Ottawa68Carleton67CAR 11–3N/A

Women's
Ottawa victories Carleton victories
Year Site Winning team Losing team Series Attendance Notes
2008Scotiabank Place Carleton53Ottawa43CAR 1–09,124Inaugural edition of Women's game
2009Scotiabank Place Carleton62Ottawa53CAR 2–010,523
2010Scotiabank Place Carleton53Ottawa40CAR 3–08,074
2011Scotiabank Place Carleton71Ottawa63CAR 4–07,565
2012Scotiabank Place Ottawa59Carleton55CAR 4–17,022
2013Scotiabank Place Carleton68Ottawa50CAR 5–16,208
2014Canadian Tire Centre Ottawa57Carleton47CAR 5–26,604
2015Canadian Tire Centre Ottawa46Carleton40CAR 5–310,780Highest attendance record
2016Canadian Tire Centre Carleton73Ottawa50CAR 6–310,105Largest margin of victory
2017Canadian Tire Centre Carleton57Ottawa44CAR 7–310,030
2018Canadian Tire Centre Carleton57Ottawa41CAR 8–38,579
2019Canadian Tire Centre Ottawa61Carleton52CAR 8–49,004
2020TD Place Ottawa77Carleton75CAR 8-5N/A

See also

Panda Game

References
  1. Carleton hosts Ottawa in 5th Capital Hoops Classic
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-02-11. Retrieved 2015-02-11.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-02-11. Retrieved 2015-02-11.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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