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Chesapeake Energy Capital Classic

Marshall Thundering Herd–West Virginia Mountaineers
Men's Basketball History
First meeting January 16, 1929
Last Meeting March 18, 2018
Last Result WVU: 94–71
Next Meeting TBD
Number of Meetings 45
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 Streak 2 (12/06/1980-12/05/1981) (1/11/2005-1/25/2006)
Longest WVU Win Streak 8 (1/16/1929-1/02/1980)
Last ten games WVU: 9–1
Women's Basketball History
First meeting January 25, 1974
Last Meeting December 13, 2015
Last Result WVU: 66–60
Next Meeting TBD[1]
Number of Meetings 55
All-Time Series WVU: 39–16
Largest victory WVU: 78–21 (1/19/2011)
Current Streak WVU: Won 11
Longest MU Win Streak 5 (1/25/1974-2/21/1976)
Longest WVU Win Streak 11 (1/25/2006–present)
Last ten games WVU: 10–0

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

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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

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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

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Date Winning Team Losing Team Site Series
Jan. 16, 1929 West Virginia 44 Marshall 21 Morgantown, WV WV 1–0
Feb. 2, 1930 West Virginia 48 Marshall 35 Morgantown, WV WV 2–0
Jan. 14, 1931 West Virginia 36 Marshall 22 Morgantown, WV WV 3–0
Feb. 20, 1978 West Virginia 80 Marshall 73 Morgantown, WV WV 4–0
Dec. 8, 1978 West Virginia 79 Marshall 73 Morgantown, WV WV 5–0
Dec. 30, 1978 West Virginia 73 Marshall 71 Morgantown, WV WV 6–0
Dec. 29, 1979 West Virginia 71 Marshall 61 Morgantown, WV WV 7–0
Jan. 2, 1980 West Virginia 63 Marshall 62 Charleston, WV WV 8–0
Dec. 6, 1980 Marshall 76 West Virginia 73 Morgantown, WV WV 8–1
Dec. 5, 1981 Marshall 91 West Virginia 78 Huntington, WV WV 8–2
Dec. 4, 1982 West Virginia 95 Marshall 82 Morgantown, WV WV 9–2
Dec. 3, 1983 Marshall 78 West Virginia 67 Huntington, WV WV 9–3
Dec. 8, 1984 West Virginia 89 Marshall 77 Morgantown, WV WV 10–3
Dec. 7, 1985 Marshall 64 West Virginia 60 Huntington, WV WV 10–4
Dec. 27, 1986 West Virginia 69 Marshall 67 Morgantown, WV WV 11–4
Dec. 27, 1987 Marshall 82 West Virginia 72 Huntington, WV WV 11–5
Feb. 9, 1989 #15 West Virginia 81 Marshall 73 Charleston, WV WV 12–5
Dec. 5, 1989 West Virginia 74 Marshall 56 Morgantown, WV WV 13–5
Dec. 4, 1990 Marshall 97 West Virginia 80 Huntington, WV WV 13–6
Jan. 22, 1992 West Virginia 90 Marshall 76 Charleston, WV WV 14–6
Feb. 17, 1993 West Virginia 72 Marshall 65 Charleston, WV WV 15–6
Jan. 19, 1994 #24 West Virginia 79 Marshall 67 Charleston, WV WV 16–6
Jan. 19, 1995 West Virginia 89 Marshall 82 Charleston, WV WV 17–6
Jan. 18, 1996 Marshall 91 West Virginia 87 Charleston, WV WV 17–7
Dec. 17, 1996 West Virginia 103 Marshall 91 Charleston, WV WV 18–7
Feb. 16, 1998 #16 West Virginia 71 Marshall 58 Charleston, WV WV 19–7
Jan. 27, 1999 West Virginia 85 Marshall 84 Charleston, WV WV 20–7
Jan. 18, 2000 West Virginia 82 Marshall 77 Charleston, WV WV 21–7
Jan. 9, 2001 West Virginia 73 Marshall 67 Charleston, WV WV 22–7
Jan. 23, 2002 Marshall 81 West Virginia 79 Charleston, WV WV 22–8
Jan. 22, 2003 West Virginia 65 Marshall 61 Charleston, WV WV 23–8
Jan. 21, 2004 West Virginia 55 Marshall 51 Charleston, WV WV 24–8
Jan. 11, 2005 Marshall 59 West Virginia 55 Charleston, WV WV 24–9
Jan. 25, 2006 Marshall 58 #9 West Virginia 52 Charleston, WV WV 24–10
Jan. 24, 2007 West Virginia 77 Marshall 63 Charleston, WV WV 25–10
Jan. 23, 2008 West Virginia 66 Marshall 64 Charleston, WV WV 26–10
Jan. 14, 2009 West Virginia 87 Marshall 76 Charleston, WV WV 27–10
Jan. 20, 2010 #11 West Virginia 68 Marshall 60 Charleston, WV WV 28–10
Jan. 19, 2011 Marshall 75 #21 West Virginia 71 Charleston, WV WV 28–11
Jan. 18, 2012 West Virginia 78 Marshall 62 Charleston, WV WV 29–11
Dec. 5, 2012 West Virginia 69 Marshall 59 Charleston, WV WV 30–11
Dec. 14, 2013 West Virginia 74 Marshall 64 Charleston, WV WV 31–11
Dec. 14, 2014 #21 West Virginia 69 Marshall 66 Charleston, WV WV 32–11
Dec. 17, 2015 #20 West Virginia 86 Marshall 68 Charleston, WV WV 33–11
Mar. 18, 2018 #15 West Virginia 94 Marshall 71 San Diego, CA WV 34–11

Women's basketball

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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

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Date Winning Team Losing Team Site Series
Jan. 25, 1974 Marshall 44 West Virginia 32 Morgantown, WV MU 1–0
Jan. 22, 1975 Marshall 61 West Virginia 53 Huntington, WV MU 2–0
Feb. 21, 1975 Marshall 75 West Virginia 52 Morgantown, WV MU 3–0
Jan. 21, 1976 Marshall 50 West Virginia 48 Morgantown, WV MU 4–0
Feb. 21, 1976 Marshall 69 West Virginia 68 Buckhannon, WV MU 5–0
Jan. 17, 1977 West Virginia 53 Marshall 43 Huntington, WV MU 5–1
Mar. 4, 1977 West Virginia 79 Marshall 70 Buckhannon, WV MU 5–2
Jan. 18, 1978 West Virginia 51 Marshall 50 Huntington, WV MU 5–3
Feb. 20, 1978 West Virginia 73 Marshall 62 Morgantown, WV MU 5–4
Feb. 28, 1978 Marshall 74 West Virginia 65 Morgantown, WV MU 6–4
Mar. 1, 1978 West Virginia 68 Marshall 56 Morgantown, WV MU 6–5
Jan. 10, 1979 West Virginia 85 Marshall 82 Morgantown, WV Tied 6–6
Jan. 31, 1979 West Virginia 66 Marshall 54 Huntington, WV WV 7–6
Jan. 2, 1980 Marshall 76 West Virginia 75 Charleston, WV Tied 7–7
Jan. 24, 1980 Marshall 84 West Virginia 72 Huntington, WV MU 8–7
Dec. 15, 1980 West Virginia 95 Marshall 65 Huntington, WV Tied 8–8
Feb. 25, 1981 West Virginia 88 Marshall 64 Morgantown, WV WV 9–8
Dec. 5, 1981 West Virginia 70 Marshall 61 Huntington, WV WV 10–8
Feb. 20, 1982 West Virginia 80 Marshall 57 Morgantown, WV WV 11–8
Dec. 4, 1982 West Virginia 87 Marshall 58 Morgantown, WV WV 12–8
Jan. 13, 1983 West Virginia 64 Marshall 49 Huntington, WV WV 13–8
Dec. 3, 1983 West Virginia 76 Marshall 65 Huntington, WV WV 14–8
Dec. 3, 1984 West Virginia 78 Marshall 71 Morgantown, WV WV 15–8
Dec. 22, 1984 West Virginia 92 Marshall 79 Elkins, WV WV 16–8
Dec. 10, 1985 Marshall 90 West Virginia 72 Huntington, WV WV 16–9
Dec. 6, 1986 West Virginia 85 Marshall 82 Morgantown, WV WV 17–9
Nov. 30, 1987 West Virginia 72 Marshall 67 Huntington, WV WV 18–9
Feb. 9, 1989 West Virginia 77 Marshall 42 Charleston, WV WV 19–9
Jan. 6, 1990 West Virginia 81 Marshall 39 Morgantown, WV WV 20–9
Dec. 5, 1990 Marshall 70 West Virginia 63 Huntington, WV WV 20–10
Jan. 22, 1992 West Virginia 89 Marshall 73 Charleston, WV WV 21–10
Feb. 17, 1993 Marshall 92 West Virginia 81 Charleston, WV WV 21–11
Jan. 19, 1994 West Virginia 73 Marshall 66 Charleston, WV WV 22–11
Jan. 19, 1995 Marshall 87 West Virginia 72 Charleston, WV WV 22–12
Jan. 18, 1996 West Virginia 76 Marshall 71 Charleston, WV WV 23–12
Dec. 17, 1996 West Virginia 86 Marshall 78 Charleston, WV WV 24–12
Feb. 16, 1998 Marshall 68 West Virginia 63 Charleston, WV WV 24–13
Jan. 27, 1999 West Virginia 76 Marshall 60 Charleston, WV WV 25–13
Jan. 18, 2000 Marshall 62 West Virginia 51 Charleston, WV WV 25–14
Jan. 9, 2001 Marshall 74 West Virginia 72 Charleston, WV WV 25–15
Jan. 23, 2002 West Virginia 65 Marshall 37 Charleston, WV WV 26–15
Jan. 22, 2003 West Virginia 67 Marshall 63 Charleston, WV WV 27–15
Jan. 21, 2004 West Virginia 79 Marshall 53 Charleston, WV WV 28–15
Jan. 11, 2005 Marshall 82 West Virginia 76 Charleston, WV WV 28–16
Jan. 25, 2006 West Virginia 72 Marshall 58 Charleston, WV WV 29–16
Jan. 24, 2007 West Virginia 76 Marshall 54 Charleston, WV WV 30–16
Jan. 23, 2008 #12 West Virginia 58 Marshall 51 Charleston, WV WV 31–16
Jan. 14, 2009 West Virginia 74 Marshall 65 Charleston, WV WV 32–16
Jan. 20, 2010 #16 West Virginia 74 Marshall 42 Charleston, WV WV 33–16
Jan. 19, 2011 #9 West Virginia 78 Marshall 21 Charleston, WV WV 34–16
Jan. 17, 2012 West Virginia 69 Marshall 57 Charleston, WV WV 35–16
Dec. 4, 2012 West Virginia 64 Marshall 48 Charleston, WV WV 36–16
Dec. 14, 2013 West Virginia 82 Marshall 51 Charleston, WV WV 37–16
Dec. 20, 2014 #22 West Virginia 69 Marshall 56 Charleston, WV WV 38–16
Dec. 13, 2015 West Virginia 66 Marshall 60 Charleston, WV WV 39–16

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Smock, Mike CasazzaDoug (6 January 2016). "WVU-Marshall basketball game off for next season". Wvgazettemail.com. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  2. ^ "Marshall vs. West Virginia – Game Recap – January 25, 2006 – ESPN". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on July 15, 2012. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  3. ^ Dauster, Rob (December 16, 2014). "West Virginia's Bob Huggins torches Marshall after coach calls Huggs 'afraid'". NBC Sports. Retrieved December 16, 2014.
  4. ^ "Marshall vs. West Virginia – Game Recap – March 18, 2018 – ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
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