Capital Hoops Classic
SportBasketball
Teams
First meetingMen's: January 23, 2007
Ottawa 64 Carleton 62
Women's: January 26, 2008
Carleton 53 Ottawa 43
Latest meetingFebruary 3, 2023
Men's: Carleton 67 Ottawa 61
Women's: Carleton 66 Ottawa 60
Next meeting2024
Statistics
Meetings totalMen's: 16
Women's: 15
All-time seriesMen's: Carleton leads, 13–3
Women's: Carleton leads, 10–5
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 streakCarleton (Men's), 2 (2022–2023)
Carleton (Women's), 2 (2022–2023)

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, was held at the Canadian Tire Centre (known until 2013 as Scotiabank Place) from 2007 to 2019 until moving to TD Place Arena in 2020. Since 2015, the games traditionally occur 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.

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]

The 2021 edition of the games were not played, and the 2022 games were played at Carleton University, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Game results

Men's

Season Date Winning team Losing team Series Venue Attendance Notes
2006–07 Jan 23, 2007 Ottawa 64 Carleton 62 OTT 1–0 Scotiabank Place 9,730 Inaugural edition
2007–08 Jan 26, 2008 Carleton 70 Ottawa 66 TIED 1–1 Scotiabank Place 9,124
2008–09 Jan 28, 2009 Carleton 87 Ottawa 72 CAR 2–1 Scotiabank Place 10,523
2009–10 Jan 27, 2010 Carleton 77 Ottawa 66 CAR 3–1 Scotiabank Place 8,074
2010–11 Jan 26, 2011 Carleton 78 Ottawa 65 CAR 4–1 Scotiabank Place 7,565
2011–12 Jan 18, 2012 Carleton 74 Ottawa 34 CAR 5–1 Scotiabank Place 7,022 Largest margin of victory
2012–13 Jan 23, 2013 Carleton 63 Ottawa 58 CAR 6–1 Scotiabank Place 6,208
2013–14 Jan 21, 2014 Carleton 82 Ottawa 58 CAR 7–1 Canadian Tire Centre 6,604
2014–15 Feb 6, 2015 Carleton 79 Ottawa 66 CAR 8–1 Canadian Tire Centre 10,780 Highest attendance record
2015–16 Feb 5, 2016 Ottawa 78 Carleton 72 CAR 8–2 Canadian Tire Centre 10,105
2016–17 Feb 3, 2017 Carleton 74 Ottawa 61 CAR 9–2 Canadian Tire Centre 10,030
2017–18 Feb 2, 2018 Carleton 67 Ottawa 56 CAR 10–2 Canadian Tire Centre 8,579
2018–19 Feb 1, 2019 Carleton 82 Ottawa 64 CAR 11–2 Canadian Tire Centre 9,004
2019–20 Feb 7, 2020 Ottawa 68 Carleton 67 CAR 11–3 TD Place 8,103
2021–22 Feb 18, 2022 Carleton 71 Ottawa 58 CAR 12–3 Raven's Nest
2022–23 Feb 3, 2023 Carleton 67 Ottawa 61 CAR 13–3 TD Place 7,029

Women's

Season Date Winning team Losing team Series Venue Attendance Notes
2007–08 Jan 26, 2008 Carleton 53 Ottawa 43 CAR 1–0 Scotiabank Place 9,124 Inaugural edition
2008–09 Jan 28, 2009 Carleton 62 Ottawa 53 CAR 2–0 Scotiabank Place 10,523
2009–10 Jan 27, 2010 Carleton 53 Ottawa 40 CAR 3–0 Scotiabank Place 8,074
2010–11 Jan 26, 2011 Carleton 71 Ottawa 63 CAR 4–0 Scotiabank Place 7,565
2011–12 Jan 18, 2012 Ottawa 59 Carleton 55 CAR 4–1 Scotiabank Place 7,022
2012–13 Jan 23, 2013 Carleton 68 Ottawa 50 CAR 5–1 Scotiabank Place 6,208
2013–14 Jan 21, 2014 Ottawa 57 Carleton 47 CAR 5–2 Canadian Tire Centre 6,604
2014–15 Feb 6, 2015 Ottawa 46 Carleton 40 CAR 5–3 Canadian Tire Centre 10,780 Highest attendance record
2015–16 Feb 5, 2016 Carleton 73 Ottawa 50 CAR 6–3 Canadian Tire Centre 10,105 Largest margin of victory
2016–17 Feb 3, 2017 Carleton 57 Ottawa 44 CAR 7–3 Canadian Tire Centre 10,030
2017–18 Feb 2, 2018 Carleton 57 Ottawa 41 CAR 8–3 Canadian Tire Centre 8,579
2018–19 Feb 1, 2019 Ottawa 61 Carleton 52 CAR 8–4 Canadian Tire Centre 9,004
2019–20 Feb 7, 2020 Ottawa 77 Carleton 75 CAR 8-5 TD Place 8,103
2021–22 Feb 18, 2022 Carleton 63 Ottawa 43 CAR 9–5 Raven's Nest
2022–23 Feb 3, 2023 Carleton 66 Ottawa 60 CAR 10–5 TD Place

See also

References

  1. ^ Carleton hosts Ottawa in 5th Capital Hoops Classic
  2. ^ "Capital Hoops gives Gees' men first loss - the FulcrumThe Fulcrum". Archived from the original on 2015-02-11. Retrieved 2015-02-11.
  3. ^ "Gee-Gees take over Ravens at the Capital Hoops Classic - the FulcrumThe Fulcrum". Archived from the original on 2015-02-11. Retrieved 2015-02-11.
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