Chesapeake Energy Capital Classic

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Marshall Thundering Herd–West Virginia Mountaineers
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Men's Basketball History
First meetingJanuary 16, 1929
Last MeetingMarch 18, 2018
Last Result WVU: 94–71
Next MeetingTBD
Number of Meetings45
All-Time Series WVU: 34–11
Largest victory WVU: 44–21 (1/16/1929)
94–71 (3/18/2018)
Current Streak WVU: Won 6
Longest MU Win Streak2 (12/06/1980-12/05/1981) (1/11/2005-1/25/2006)
Longest WVU Win Streak8 (1/16/1929-1/02/1980)
Last ten games WVU: 9–1
Women's Basketball History
First meetingJanuary 25, 1974
Last MeetingDecember 13, 2015
Last Result WVU: 66–60
Next MeetingTBD [1]
Number of Meetings55
All-Time Series WVU: 39–16
Largest victory WVU: 78–21 (1/19/2011)
Current Streak WVU: Won 11
Longest MU Win Streak5 (1/25/1974-2/21/1976)
Longest WVU Win Streak11 (1/25/2006–present)
Last ten games WVU: 10–0
Chesapeake Energy Capital Classic
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The Chesapeake Energy Capital Classic (also known as the Charleston Capital Classic and formerly as the Toyota Capital Classic) is the name of the in-state rivalry between the Marshall University and West Virginia University basketball teams, the Marshall Thundering Herd and West Virginia Mountaineers. Chesapeake Energy is the title sponsor of the game. The game was last played during the 2015–2016 season and no further games are currently scheduled.

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History

The basketball series was first played in 1929 (1974 for the women), but they didn't start playing annually until 1978. In 1992, they started to play their annual game in West Virginia's capital city of Charleston. WVU's campus is in Morgantown, West Virginia and Marshall's campus is in Huntington, West Virginia. The two universities are the only Division I programs in the state, thus creating a natural geographic rivalry. The meeting typically occurred in the middle of the schools conference schedules when WVU was in the Big East Conference. Since West Virginia joined the Big 12 Conference in 2012 the game has occurred in December. Marshall has been a member of Conference USA since 2005.

Men's basketball

The first seven meetings of the teams were in Morgantown, leading to the 1980 matchup at the Charleston Civic Center. From there, the game alternated between Huntington at the Cam Henderson Center and in Morgantown at the WVU Coliseum, with one exception, when it was played in Charleston in 1989.

The series moved to Charleston permanently in 1992 to coincide with the regular session of the West Virginia Legislature.

West Virginia leads the all-time series 34–11. When the game was played in Charleston, the Mountaineers have dominated the series by a 22–5 record. The Mountaineers also dominated the series in Morgantown with a record of 11–1, while the Thundering Herd was undefeated at 5–0 in games played in Huntington. The one neutral site game played in San Diego was won by the Mountaineers.

One of the most memorable games between in the series came in 2006, when Marshall ended the Mountaineers' 12-game winning streak. West Virginia was ranked No. 13 ESPN/USA Today and No. 9 AP poll, WVU center Kevin Pittsnogle guaranteed a victory for the Mountaineers, WVU held the nation's longest win streak, while Marshall was 7–9 prior to the match-up. Marshall shocked the college basketball world with a 58–52 upset win, it was the Thundering Herd's first win over an Associated Press Top 10 opponent since beating St. John's in 1971. [2] Since that game, West Virginia has won nine of the last ten games over the Herd.

Amid rumors of the series end in 2014, first-year Marshall head coach Dan D'Antoni said, "If they back out now they’re afraid of us." WVU head coach Bob Huggins responded by calling his comments "laughable" and went on to question the legitimacy of the rivalry. [3] In early 2016 it was announced that the game would not be played during the 2016–2017 college basketball season. The future of the series is uncertain. [1]

The rivalry was unexpectedly renewed during the 2018 NCAA tournament when 13th-seeded Marshall faced 5th-seeded West Virginia in the second round. West Virginia went on to defeat Marshall, 94–71, and advance to the Sweet 16. [4] It was the first time the two teams met outside of West Virginia.

Results

DateWinning TeamLosing TeamSiteSeries
Jan. 16, 1929West Virginia44Marshall21Morgantown, WVWV 1–0
Feb. 2, 1930West Virginia48Marshall35Morgantown, WVWV 2–0
Jan. 14, 1931West Virginia36Marshall22Morgantown, WVWV 3–0
Feb. 20, 1978West Virginia80Marshall73Morgantown, WVWV 4–0
Dec. 8, 1978West Virginia79Marshall73Morgantown, WVWV 5–0
Dec. 30, 1978West Virginia73Marshall71Morgantown, WVWV 6–0
Dec. 29, 1979West Virginia71Marshall61Morgantown, WVWV 7–0
Jan. 2, 1980West Virginia63Marshall62Charleston, WVWV 8–0
Dec. 6, 1980Marshall76West Virginia73Morgantown, WVWV 8–1
Dec. 5, 1981Marshall91West Virginia78Huntington, WVWV 8–2
Dec. 4, 1982West Virginia95Marshall82Morgantown, WVWV 9–2
Dec. 3, 1983Marshall78West Virginia67Huntington, WVWV 9–3
Dec. 8, 1984West Virginia89Marshall77Morgantown, WVWV 10–3
Dec. 7, 1985Marshall64West Virginia60Huntington, WVWV 10–4
Dec. 27, 1986West Virginia69Marshall67Morgantown, WVWV 11–4
Dec. 27, 1987Marshall82West Virginia72Huntington, WVWV 11–5
Feb. 9, 1989#15 West Virginia81Marshall73Charleston, WVWV 12–5
Dec. 5, 1989West Virginia74Marshall56Morgantown, WVWV 13–5
Dec. 4, 1990Marshall97West Virginia80Huntington, WVWV 13–6
Jan. 22, 1992West Virginia90Marshall76Charleston, WVWV 14–6
Feb. 17, 1993West Virginia72Marshall65Charleston, WVWV 15–6
Jan. 19, 1994#24 West Virginia79Marshall67Charleston, WVWV 16–6
Jan. 19, 1995West Virginia89Marshall82Charleston, WVWV 17–6
Jan. 18, 1996Marshall91West Virginia87Charleston, WVWV 17–7
Dec. 17, 1996West Virginia103Marshall91Charleston, WVWV 18–7
Feb. 16, 1998#16 West Virginia71Marshall58Charleston, WVWV 19–7
Jan. 27, 1999West Virginia85Marshall84Charleston, WVWV 20–7
Jan. 18, 2000West Virginia82Marshall77Charleston, WVWV 21–7
Jan. 9, 2001West Virginia73Marshall67Charleston, WVWV 22–7
Jan. 23, 2002Marshall81West Virginia79Charleston, WVWV 22–8
Jan. 22, 2003West Virginia65Marshall61Charleston, WVWV 23–8
Jan. 21, 2004West Virginia55Marshall51Charleston, WVWV 24–8
Jan. 11, 2005Marshall59West Virginia55Charleston, WVWV 24–9
Jan. 25, 2006Marshall58#9 West Virginia52Charleston, WVWV 24–10
Jan. 24, 2007West Virginia77Marshall63Charleston, WVWV 25–10
Jan. 23, 2008West Virginia66Marshall64Charleston, WVWV 26–10
Jan. 14, 2009West Virginia87Marshall76Charleston, WVWV 27–10
Jan. 20, 2010#11 West Virginia68Marshall60Charleston, WVWV 28–10
Jan. 19, 2011Marshall75#21 West Virginia71Charleston, WVWV 28–11
Jan. 18, 2012 West Virginia 78 Marshall 62Charleston, WVWV 29–11
Dec. 5, 2012 West Virginia 69 Marshall 59Charleston, WVWV 30–11
Dec. 14, 2013 West Virginia 74 Marshall 64Charleston, WVWV 31–11
Dec. 14, 2014 #21 West Virginia 69 Marshall 66Charleston, WVWV 32–11
Dec. 17, 2015 #20 West Virginia 86 Marshall 68Charleston, WVWV 33–11
Mar. 18, 2018 #15 West Virginia 94 Marshall 71San Diego, CAWV 34–11

Women's basketball

Marshall and WVU have a shorter history, but a similar one as the men. Marshall and WVU first played in 1974 and they would play 2 or 3 times a year alternating locations until 1992. (when it was moved to Charleston.) They played on the same day as the men until 2012 when they started playing the day before.

WVU owns the series at all the locations. West Virginia is 9–4 at home, 8–4 in Huntington, and 22–8 in neutral sites. WVU is 39–16 all-time.

Results

DateWinning TeamLosing TeamSiteSeries
Jan. 25, 1974Marshall44West Virginia32Morgantown, WVMU 1–0
Jan. 22, 1975Marshall61West Virginia53Huntington, WVMU 2–0
Feb. 21, 1975Marshall75West Virginia52Morgantown, WVMU 3–0
Jan. 21, 1976Marshall50West Virginia48Morgantown, WVMU 4–0
Feb. 21, 1976Marshall69West Virginia68Buckhannon, WVMU 5–0
Jan. 17, 1977West Virginia53Marshall43Huntington, WVMU 5–1
Mar. 4, 1977West Virginia79Marshall70Buckhannon, WVMU 5–2
Jan. 18, 1978West Virginia51Marshall50Huntington, WVMU 5–3
Feb. 20, 1978West Virginia73Marshall62Morgantown, WVMU 5–4
Feb. 28, 1978Marshall74West Virginia65Morgantown, WVMU 6–4
Mar. 1, 1978West Virginia68Marshall56Morgantown, WVMU 6–5
Jan. 10, 1979West Virginia85Marshall82Morgantown, WVTied 6–6
Jan. 31, 1979West Virginia66Marshall54Huntington, WVWV 7–6
Jan. 2, 1980Marshall76West Virginia75Charleston, WVTied 7–7
Jan. 24, 1980Marshall84West Virginia72Huntington, WVMU 8–7
Dec. 15, 1980West Virginia95Marshall65Huntington, WVTied 8–8
Feb. 25, 1981West Virginia88Marshall64Morgantown, WVWV 9–8
Dec. 5, 1981West Virginia70Marshall61Huntington, WVWV 10–8
Feb. 20, 1982West Virginia80Marshall57Morgantown, WVWV 11–8
Dec. 4, 1982West Virginia87Marshall58Morgantown, WVWV 12–8
Jan. 13, 1983West Virginia64Marshall49Huntington, WVWV 13–8
Dec. 3, 1983West Virginia76Marshall65Huntington, WVWV 14–8
Dec. 3, 1984West Virginia78Marshall71Morgantown, WVWV 15–8
Dec. 22, 1984West Virginia92Marshall79Elkins, WVWV 16–8
Dec. 10, 1985Marshall90West Virginia72Huntington, WVWV 16–9
Dec. 6, 1986West Virginia85Marshall82Morgantown, WVWV 17–9
Nov. 30, 1987West Virginia72Marshall67Huntington, WVWV 18–9
Feb. 9, 1989West Virginia77Marshall42Charleston, WVWV 19–9
Jan. 6, 1990West Virginia81Marshall39Morgantown, WVWV 20–9
Dec. 5, 1990Marshall70West Virginia63Huntington, WVWV 20–10
Jan. 22, 1992West Virginia89Marshall73Charleston, WVWV 21–10
Feb. 17, 1993Marshall92West Virginia81Charleston, WVWV 21–11
Jan. 19, 1994West Virginia73Marshall66Charleston, WVWV 22–11
Jan. 19, 1995Marshall87West Virginia72Charleston, WVWV 22–12
Jan. 18, 1996West Virginia76Marshall71Charleston, WVWV 23–12
Dec. 17, 1996West Virginia86Marshall78Charleston, WVWV 24–12
Feb. 16, 1998Marshall68West Virginia63Charleston, WVWV 24–13
Jan. 27, 1999West Virginia76Marshall60Charleston, WVWV 25–13
Jan. 18, 2000Marshall62West Virginia51Charleston, WVWV 25–14
Jan. 9, 2001Marshall74West Virginia72Charleston, WVWV 25–15
Jan. 23, 2002West Virginia65Marshall37Charleston, WVWV 26–15
Jan. 22, 2003West Virginia67Marshall63Charleston, WVWV 27–15
Jan. 21, 2004West Virginia79Marshall53Charleston, WVWV 28–15
Jan. 11, 2005Marshall82West Virginia76Charleston, WVWV 28–16
Jan. 25, 2006West Virginia72Marshall58Charleston, WVWV 29–16
Jan. 24, 2007West Virginia76Marshall54Charleston, WVWV 30–16
Jan. 23, 2008#12 West Virginia58Marshall51Charleston, WVWV 31–16
Jan. 14, 2009West Virginia74Marshall65Charleston, WVWV 32–16
Jan. 20, 2010#16 West Virginia74Marshall42Charleston, WVWV 33–16
Jan. 19, 2011#9 West Virginia78Marshall21Charleston, WVWV 34–16
Jan. 17, 2012West Virginia69Marshall57Charleston, WVWV 35–16
Dec. 4, 2012West Virginia64Marshall48Charleston, WVWV 36–16
Dec. 14, 2013West Virginia82Marshall51Charleston, WVWV 37–16
Dec. 20, 2014#22 West Virginia69Marshall56Charleston, WVWV 38–16
Dec. 13, 2015West Virginia66Marshall60Charleston, WVWV 39–16

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