Old Dominion–VCU men's basketball rivalry

The Old Dominion–VCU men's basketball rivalry is a men's college basketball rivalry between the VCU Rams of Virginia Commonwealth University and the Old Dominion Monarchs of Old Dominion University. This rivalry is said to be one of the most competitive among middle level Division-I basketball programs.^[1]

ODU–VCU men's basketball rivalry

ODU Monarchs VCU Rams
Sport	College basketball
First meeting	February 5, 1969 ODU 101 - VCU 69
Latest meeting	December 11, 2021 VCU 75 - ODU 66
Statistics
Meetings total	97
All-time series	VCU leads 53–44
Largest victory	ODU by 32 on Feb 5, 1969 VCU by 32 on Dec 29, 1983
Longest win streak	VCU, 10 (2001–2005)
Current win streak	VCU, 3 (2019–present)

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VCU

Old Dominion

  

Locations of Old Dominion and VCU

Background

College Comparison

	Old Dominion	VCU
Founded	1930	1838
Location	Norfolk, VA	Richmond, VA
Conference	Sun Belt	Atlantic 10
Students	24,125	32,303
School colors
Nickname	Monarchs	Rams
Mascot	Big Blue	Rodney the Ram
Arena	Chartway Arena	Siegel Center
Capacity	8,639	7,617

The rivalry between Virginia Commonwealth University and Old Dominion University exists primarily because of the similar histories of the two Virginia public universities. Both schools have historic affiliations with The College of William & Mary (W&M). One of VCU's predecessor institutions, the Richmond Professional Institute (RPI), became part of W&M in 1925. ODU was founded in 1930 as the Norfolk Division of W&M.^[2] In addition, from 1960 to 1962, both RPI and the Norfolk Division were part of The Colleges of William & Mary, a short-lived university system consisting of W&M and its affiliated institutions.

VCU, located in the state capital of Richmond, is just 90 miles down Interstate 64 from ODU, located in Norfolk. Both schools are major research universities located in an urban environment. They are also both very large universities consisting of a diverse student body; with students primarily coming from middle-class backgrounds.

Throughout much of the history of the rivalry, ODU and VCU had been in the same conference, most recently the Colonial Athletic Association. This ended after the 2011–12 season when VCU joined the Atlantic 10 Conference. ODU left the CAA for Conference USA a year later.

Rick Kiefner, a 1969 graduate of ODU, believed the animosity and rivalry may have started due to an incident during the 1970 season. A group of ODU fans, including Kiefner, had chartered a bus to travel to a VCU game in Richmond, but, instead of the tickets they had paid for, received a box of screws in the mail.^[3]

Game results

Old Dominion victories

VCU victories

No. Date Location Winner Score 1 February 5, 1969 Norfolk Arena Old Dominion 101–69 2 December 10, 1969 Franklin Street Gym Old Dominion 93–82 3 January 21, 1970 Norfolk Arena Old Dominion 94–90 4 February 10, 1971 Franklin Street Gym VCU 79–71 5 February 27, 1971 ODU Fieldhouse Old Dominion 98–85 6 December 17, 1977 Richmond Coliseum VCU 73–67 7 February 22, 1978 Hampton Coliseum VCU 73–72 8 December 30, 1978 Franklin Street Gym Old Dominion 70–68 9 January 17, 1979 Norfolk Scope VCU 95–87 10 February 15, 1979 Richmond Coliseum Old Dominion 72–71OT 11 January 22, 1980 Richmond Coliseum Old Dominion 68–64 12 February 18, 1980 Norfolk Scope Old Dominion 76–75 13 December 13, 1980 Richmond Coliseum VCU 65–56 14 December 30, 1980 Richmond Coliseum VCU 61–44 15 February 10, 1981 Richmond Coliseum VCU 75–64 16 December 22, 1981 Richmond Coliseum VCU 61–55 17 January 30, 1982 Norfolk Scope Old Dominion 61–58 18 December 29, 1982 Richmond Coliseum Old Dominion 90–85 19 January 11, 1983 Hampton Coliseum Old Dominion 67–62 20 December 29, 1983 Richmond Coliseum VCU 83–51 21 January 28, 1984 Norfolk Scope Old Dominion 56–54OT 22 February 25, 1984 Richmond Coliseum Old Dominion 57–55 23 February 16, 1985 Richmond Coliseum VCU 90–71 24 February 23, 1985 Norfolk Scope VCU 78–66 25 March 3, 1985 Hampton Coliseum VCU 87–82 26 December 21, 1985 Richmond Coliseum Old Dominion 67–55 27 January 18, 1986 Norfolk Scope Old Dominion 50–49 28 February 13, 1986 Richmond Coliseum Old Dominion 61–56 29 January 8, 1987 Norfolk Scope VCU 77–64 30 February 14, 1987 Richmond Coliseum VCU 78–66 31 January 16, 1988 Norfolk Scope Old Dominion 71–67 32 February 20, 1988 Richmond Coliseum VCU 82–77 33 March 6, 1988 Richmond Coliseum VCU 91–69 34 January 14, 1989 Richmond Coliseum VCU 101–93OT 35 January 23, 1989 Norfolk Scope Old Dominion 99–87 36 December 21, 1989 Richmond Coliseum Old Dominion 77–67 37 January 20, 1990 Norfolk Scope VCU 55–49 38 February 24, 1990 Richmond Coliseum Old Dominion 80–64 39 January 12, 1991 Norfolk Scope VCU 62–60 40 February 2, 1991 Richmond Coliseum VCU 60–58 41 December 7, 1991 Norfolk Scope VCU 98–83 42 December 29, 1991 Richmond Coliseum Old Dominion 67–66 43 December 12, 1992 Hampton Coliseum Old Dominion 81–65 44 March 19, 1993 Norfolk Scope Old Dominion 74–68 45 January 31, 1994 Hampton Coliseum Old Dominion 79–74 46 February 6, 1995 Hampton Coliseum VCU 81–67 47 January 6, 1996 Norfolk Scope VCU 85–70 48 February 3, 1996 Richmond Coliseum VCU 85–76OT 49 January 18, 1997 Richmond Coliseum Old Dominion 82–65 No. Date Location Winner Score 50 February 15, 1997 Norfolk Scope Old Dominion 75–70 51 January 17, 1998 Norfolk Scope VCU 61–55 52 January 31, 1998 Richmond Coliseum Old Dominion 69–56 53 January 9, 1999 Richmond Coliseum Old Dominion 82–72 54 January 30, 1999 Norfolk Scope Old Dominion 76–72 55 February 27, 1999 Richmond Coliseum Old Dominion 66–49 56 January 5, 2000 Siegel Center VCU 73–67OT 57 January 29, 2000 Norfolk Scope Old Dominion 72–69 58 January 20, 2001 ODU Fieldhouse Old Dominion 77–65 59 February 24, 2001 Siegel Center VCU 74–53 60 January 19, 2002 ODU Fieldhouse VCU 79–77OT 61 February 9, 2002 Siegel Center VCU 73–66 62 March 2, 2002 Richmond Coliseum VCU 58–54 63 January 4, 2003 Siegel Center VCU 73–64 64 February 1, 2003 Ted Constant Center VCU 72–69 65 January 21, 2004 Ted Constant Center VCU 75–67 66 February 21, 2004 Siegel Center VCU 78–72 67 March 7, 2004 Richmond Coliseum VCU 84–67 68 January 29, 2005 Siegel Center VCU 75–71 69 February 12, 2005 Ted Constant Center Old Dominion 82–76 70 March 7, 2005 Richmond Coliseum Old Dominion 73–66OT 71 January 14, 2006 Ted Constant Center Old Dominion 78–75 72 February 11, 2006 Siegel Center VCU 80–74 73 January 20, 2007 Siegel Center VCU 80–75 74 February 10, 2007 Ted Constant Center Old Dominion 79–63 75 January 19, 2008 Ted Constant Center VCU 78–68 76 February 16, 2008 Siegel Center Old Dominion 67–66 77 January 17, 2009 Siegel Center VCU 61–44 78 February 14, 2009 Ted Constant Center Old Dominion 69–65 79 March 8, 2009 Richmond Coliseum VCU 61–53 80 February 6, 2010 Siegel Center VCU 70–58 81 February 27, 2010 Ted Constant Center Old Dominion 73–70 82 March 7, 2010 Richmond Coliseum Old Dominion 73–69OT 83 January 22, 2011 Ted Constant Center VCU 59–50 84 February 12, 2011 Siegel Center Old Dominion 70–59 85 March 7, 2011 Richmond Coliseum Old Dominion 70–65 86 January 21, 2012 Siegel Center VCU 61–48 87 February 11, 2012 Ted Constant Center VCU 68–64 88 December 7, 2012 Ted Constant Center VCU 83–70 89 December 8, 2013 Siegel Center VCU 69–48 90 November 29, 2014 Ted Constant Center #25 Old Dominion 73–67 91 November 28, 2015 Siegel Center VCU 76–67 92 December 10, 2016 Ted Constant Center VCU 67–64 93 December 2, 2017 Siegel Center VCU 82–75 94 November 28, 2018 Ted Constant Center Old Dominion 62–52 95 December 7, 2019 Siegel Center #20 VCU 69–57 96 December 12, 2020 Siegel Center VCU 77–54 97 December 11, 2021 Chartway Arena[a] VCU 75–66 Series: VCU leads 53–44

Notes

1. Ted Constant Convocation Center's interior was renamed Chartway Arena on June 20, 2019.^[b]
2. "ODU Names Chartway Arena at the Ted Constant Convocation Center". Old Dominion University. Retrieved 2022-07-21.

References

1. Daily Press (15 February 2009). "Rams vs. Monarchs is best CAA duel". dailypress.com. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
2. "The Contributions of Education: To the College, Town, Region, Commonwealth and Beyond". The College of William & Mary's School of Education. Education.WM.edu. Retrieved December 22, 2011.
3. Molinaro, Bob (15 Feb 2009). "Electricity is in the air when ODU hosts VCU". The Virginian-Pilot. Archived from the original on 19 Jul 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)