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The Capital Hoops Classic is a Canadian
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basketball series between the
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Gee-Gees and
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sponsored by bank holding company
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. The series, featuring both the men's and women's teams, has been held since 2007 at
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(known until 2013 as Scotiabank Place) and traditionally occurs on the first Friday in February. Both schools are located in the city of
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; Ottawa is older of the two and is located in the downtown Sandy Hill neighbourhood of the city, while Carleton sits between
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and
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. Both teams compete in the East division of
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in
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, 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 Canadian Tire Centre (french: links=no, Centre Canadian Tire) is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, located in the western suburb of Stittsville. It opened in January 1996 as the Palladium and was also known as Corel Cen ...
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. 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. 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


Women's


See also

* Panda Game


References

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