Capital Hoops Classic

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Capital Hoops Classic
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Sport Basketball
Teams
First meetingMen's: January 23, 2007
Ottawa 64 Carleton 62
Women's: January 26, 2008
Carleton 53 Ottawa 43
Latest meetingFebruary 7, 2025
Men's: Ottawa 79, Carleton 66
Women's: Carleton 58, Ottawa 54
Next meeting2026
Statistics
Meetings totalMen's: 18
Women's: 17
All-time seriesMen's: Carleton leads, 13–5
Women's: Carleton leads, 12–5
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; 2022–present)
Current win streakOttawa (Men's), 2 (2024–2025)
Carleton (Women's), 4 (2022–2025)

The Capital Hoops Classic is a Canadian rivalry basketball series between the University of Ottawa Gee-Gees and Carleton University Ravens. 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.

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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. In 2023, the games returned to TD Place.

Game results

Men's

SeasonDateWinning teamLosing teamSeriesVenueAttendanceNotes
2006–07Jan 23, 2007Ottawa64Carleton62OTT 1–0Scotiabank Place9,730Inaugural edition
2007–08Jan 26, 2008Carleton70Ottawa66TIED 1–1Scotiabank Place9,124
2008–09Jan 28, 2009Carleton87Ottawa72CAR 2–1Scotiabank Place10,523
2009–10Jan 27, 2010Carleton77Ottawa66CAR 3–1Scotiabank Place8,074
2010–11Jan 26, 2011Carleton78Ottawa65CAR 4–1Scotiabank Place7,565
2011–12Jan 18, 2012Carleton74Ottawa34CAR 5–1Scotiabank Place7,022Largest margin of victory
2012–13Jan 23, 2013Carleton63Ottawa58CAR 6–1Scotiabank Place6,208
2013–14Jan 21, 2014Carleton82Ottawa58CAR 7–1Canadian Tire Centre6,604
2014–15Feb 6, 2015Carleton79Ottawa66CAR 8–1Canadian Tire Centre10,780Highest attendance record
2015–16Feb 5, 2016Ottawa78Carleton72CAR 8–2Canadian Tire Centre10,105
2016–17Feb 3, 2017Carleton74Ottawa61CAR 9–2Canadian Tire Centre10,030
2017–18Feb 2, 2018Carleton67Ottawa56CAR 10–2Canadian Tire Centre8,579
2018–19Feb 1, 2019Carleton82Ottawa64CAR 11–2Canadian Tire Centre9,004
2019–20Feb 7, 2020Ottawa68Carleton67CAR 11–3TD Place8,103
2021–22Feb 18, 2022Carleton71Ottawa58CAR 12–3Raven's NestRestricted attendance due to COVID-19 regulations
2022–23Feb 3, 2023Carleton67Ottawa61CAR 13–3TD Place7,029
2023–24Feb 2, 2024Ottawa71Carleton61CAR 13–4TD Place6,137
2024–25Feb 7, 2025Ottawa79Carleton66CAR 13–5TD Place7,048

Women's

SeasonDateWinning teamLosing teamSeriesVenueAttendanceNotes
2007–08Jan 26, 2008Carleton53Ottawa43CAR 1–0Scotiabank Place9,124Inaugural edition
2008–09Jan 28, 2009Carleton62Ottawa53CAR 2–0Scotiabank Place10,523
2009–10Jan 27, 2010Carleton53Ottawa40CAR 3–0Scotiabank Place8,074
2010–11Jan 26, 2011Carleton71Ottawa63CAR 4–0Scotiabank Place7,565
2011–12Jan 18, 2012Ottawa59Carleton55CAR 4–1Scotiabank Place7,022
2012–13Jan 23, 2013Carleton68Ottawa50CAR 5–1Scotiabank Place6,208
2013–14Jan 21, 2014Ottawa57Carleton47CAR 5–2Canadian Tire Centre6,604
2014–15Feb 6, 2015Ottawa46Carleton40CAR 5–3Canadian Tire Centre10,780Highest attendance record
2015–16Feb 5, 2016Carleton73Ottawa50CAR 6–3Canadian Tire Centre10,105Largest margin of victory
2016–17Feb 3, 2017Carleton57Ottawa44CAR 7–3Canadian Tire Centre10,030
2017–18Feb 2, 2018Carleton57Ottawa41CAR 8–3Canadian Tire Centre8,579
2018–19Feb 1, 2019Ottawa61Carleton52CAR 8–4Canadian Tire Centre9,004
2019–20Feb 7, 2020Ottawa77Carleton75CAR 8-5TD Place8,103
2021–22Feb 18, 2022Carleton63Ottawa43CAR 9–5Raven's NestRestricted attendance due to COVID-19 regulations
2022–23Feb 3, 2023Carleton66Ottawa60CAR 10–5TD Place7,029
2023–24Feb 2, 2024Carleton78Ottawa72CAR 11–5TD Place6,137
2024–25Feb 7, 2025Carleton58Ottawa54CAR 12–5TD Place7,048

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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