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

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Locations of Marshall and West Virginia

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.

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.

With the series in jeopardy, State Senate Mike Woelfel (D) plans to introduce a bill that mandates the game continues to be played.^[2]

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 the edge 22-5. The Mountaineers 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.^[3] 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.^[4] 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.^[5] It was the first time the two teams met outside of West Virginia.

Results

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

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

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

References

^ ^a ^b Smock, Mike CasazzaDoug. "WVU-Marshall basketball game off for next season". Wvgazettemail.com. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
^ Lawrence, Chris (January 6, 2016). "Senator defends bill intervening in WVU-Marshall basketball game". Wvmetronews.com. Retrieved January 6, 2016.
^ "Marshall vs. West Virginia - Game Recap - January 25, 2006 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
^ Dauster, Rob (December 16, 2014). "West Virginia's Bob Huggins torches Marshall after coach calls Huggs 'afraid'". NBC Sports. Retrieved December 16, 2014.
^ "Marshall vs. West Virginia - Game Recap - March 18, 2018 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved 13 August 2018.

External links

[auto-1] Smock, Mike CasazzaDoug. "WVU-Marshall basketball game off for next season". Wvgazettemail.com. Retrieved 13 August 2018.

[2] Lawrence, Chris (January 6, 2016). "Senator defends bill intervening in WVU-Marshall basketball game". Wvmetronews.com. Retrieved January 6, 2016.

[3] "Marshall vs. West Virginia - Game Recap - January 25, 2006 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved 13 August 2018.

[4] Dauster, Rob (December 16, 2014). "West Virginia's Bob Huggins torches Marshall after coach calls Huggs 'afraid'". NBC Sports. Retrieved December 16, 2014.

[5] "Marshall vs. West Virginia - Game Recap - March 18, 2018 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved 13 August 2018.

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Venues	Veterans Memorial Fieldhouse (1950–1981) Cam Henderson Center (1981–present)
Rivalries	West Virginia
Culture & lore	Marco the Bison
People	Head coaches NBA draftees Statistical leaders
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NAIA national championship in bold

v t e Marshall Thundering Herd women's basketball
Venues	Veterans Memorial Fieldhouse (1969–1981) Cam Henderson Center (1981–present)
Rivalries	West Virginia
Culture & lore	History Marco the Bison
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

v t e West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball
Venues	WVU Fieldhouse (1929–1970) WVU Coliseum (1970–present)
Rivalries	Cincinnati Marshall Pittsburgh
Culture & lore	The Mountaineer
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

v t e West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball
Venues	WVU Coliseum (1973–present)
Rivalries	Marshall Pittsburgh
Culture & lore	The Mountaineer
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

History

Men's basketball

Results

Women's basketball

Results

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