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The Virginia–VCU men's basketball rivalry , also known as the Battle of I-64 is a college basketball rivalry between the Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team of the Atlantic Coast Conference and the VCU Rams men's basketball team of the Atlantic 10 Conference . Both schools lie within Central Virginia and are approximately 70 miles away from each other.
Both Virginia and VCU's basketball programs of late have been considered to be two of the most elite men's college basketball programs in the Commonwealth of Virginia .
History [ edit ] Early days [ edit ] Times-Dispatch days [ edit ] Dormancy [ edit ] Resurgence [ edit ] Results [ edit ] Virginia victories VCU victories
No. Date Location Winner Score 1 Dec 28, 1976 Richmond, VA Virginia 65–58 2 Nov 25, 1978 Charlottesville, VA Virginia 81–60 3 Dec 28, 1979 Richmond, VA Virginia 89–72 4 Nov 29, 1980 Charlottesville, VA Virginia 77–62 5 Nov 27, 1982 Charlottesville, VA Virginia 69–63 6 Dec 1, 1985 Charlottesville, VA Virginia 79–75 7 Dec 19, 1987 Richmond, VA # 17 75–66 8 Dec 20, 1990 Richmond, VA Virginia 63–46
No. Date Location Winner Score 9 Dec 21, 1995 Charlottesville, VA Virginia 80–65 10 Dec 13, 1997 Richmond, VA Virginia 73–67 11 Nov 13, 1998 Richmond, VA Virginia 86–70 12 Nov 12, 2013 Charlottesville, VA # 14 59–56 13 Dec 6, 2014 Richmond, VA Virginia 74–57 14 Nov 17, 2017 Richmond, VA # 18 76–67 15 Dec 9, 2018 Charlottesville, VA # 4 57–49 Series: Virginia leads 13–2
