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Big West Conference
Big West Conference
Institution Location Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, California Fullerton, California Founded Affiliation 1901 Enrollment Nickname Mustangs Year Joined 1996
Public (California 18,400 State University system) Public (California 35,040 State University system) Public (California 34,560 State University system) Public (California 35,574 State University system) Public (University 30,475 of California system) Public (University 25,000 of California system) Public (University 17,000 of California system) Public (University 19,800 of California system) Private 6,250
Cal State Fullerton
1957
Titans
1974
Cal State Northridge, Northridge Los Angeles, California Long Beach Long Beach, State California UC Davis Davis, California Irvine, California Riverside, California Santa Barbara, California Stockton, California
1958
Matadors
2001
1949
49ers
1969
1905
Aggies
2007
UC Irvine
1965
Anteaters
1977
UC Riverside UC Santa Barbara
1954
Highlanders 2001
1944
Gauchos
1969, 1972 (see note) 1971
Pacific
1851
Tigers
The Big West Conference (BWC) is an NCAA-affiliated Division I mid-major college athletic conference. When the conference began in 1969, its name was the "Pacific Coast Athletic Conference" (PCAA). After nineteen years, in 1988, its name was changed to the Big West Conference. [1] The conference stopped sponsoring college football after the 2000 season.
schools, divided equally between the California State University and University of California systems. Note: UC Santa Barbara joined the conference when it was founded in 1969, left to become an independent in 1970 and ’71, then rejoined in 1972.
Former members
Many of the former members of the Big West, especially in football, are now members of the Western Athletic Conference, or were WAC members who later joined the Mountain West Conference. Of the 9 current members of the WAC, only Hawaii has not spent time in the Big West.
Current members (and year joined)
All nine members of the conference are located in California. Only one member is a private institution; the other eight are public
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Current conference affiliations (for football) of current and former members
• Great West Conference (2) - Cal Poly, UC Davis • Mid-American Conference (1) - Northern Illinois • Mountain West Conference (2) - UNLV, San Diego State • Sun Belt Conference (3) - Arkansas State, Louisiana-Lafayette, and North Texas • Western Athletic Conference (8) - Boise State, Fresno State, Idaho, Louisiana Tech, New Mexico State, Nevada, San Jose State, and Utah State
Locations of current Big West Conference full member institutions. • Arkansas State - 1993-96 and 1998-2000 (football only) - currently in Sun Belt • Boise State - 1996-2001 - currently in WAC • CSU Los Angeles - 1969-72 - currently in California Collegiate Athletic Association[2] • Fresno State - 1970-91 - currently in the WAC • Hawai’i (women’s basketball only) 1984-91 • Idaho - 1996-2005 - currently in WAC • Louisiana Tech - 1993-96 (football only) currently in WAC • UNLV - 1982-96 - currently in Mountain West • Nevada - 1992-2000 - currently in WAC • New Mexico State - 1983-2001 - currently in WAC • North Texas - 1996-2001 - currently in Sun Belt • Northern Illinois - 1993-96 (football only) • Southwestern Louisiana - 1993-96 (football only) - currently in Sun Belt under the school’s present name of Louisiana-Lafayette (in full, University of Louisiana at Lafayette) • San Diego State - 1969-78 - currently in Mountain West • San Jose State - 1970-96 - currently in WAC • Utah State - 1978-2005 - currently in WAC
Sports
As of fall 2002, the BWC sponsors intercollegiate competition in baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s cross country, men’s and women’s golf, men’s and women’s soccer, men’s and women’s swimming and diving, softball, men’s and women’s tennis, men’s and women’s track and field, and women’s volleyball. As of the 2008-2009 school year the BWC has sponsored Women’s Water Polo. The Big West is strong in several sports. Baseball and Women’s Volleyball have been the strongest sports because of the number of championships won. Cal State Fullerton has won 4 College World Series in 1979, 1984, 1995, and 2004. Long Beach State has won 5 Women’s Volleyball championships in 1972, 1973, 1989, 1993, 1998, the last three being NCAA sanctioned titles. In 1998 Misty May-Treanor helped guided the 49ers to a 36-0 record on route to the programs most recent title. Pacific won back to back Women’s Volleyball titles in 1985 and 1986. When UNLV won the school’s lone Division 1 Basketball Championship in 1990, by beating Duke University by a record setting margin of 30 points in the 103-73 victory, they were a member of the Big West Conference. The current members of the Big West have won a total of nine NCAA national championships including UC Santa Barbara’s most recent Men’s Soccer Championship in
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2006. The other was softball by Fullerton in 1986. The conference does not sponsor football; the only two conference members which participate in the sport (UC Davis and Cal Poly) participate as members of the Great West Conference.
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were eligible during the 2006-2007 season.
External links
• Official website
Champions Performance By School
¹no longer a conference member
See also
• Big West Conference men’s basketball tournament locations • Big West Conference Tournament Finals broadcasters • Big West Conference Women’s Basketball Tournament
Conference arenas and ballparks See also
• California Collegiate Athletic Association, an all-California school conference that competes in Division II. Eight out of nine members of the Big West are former members of the CCAA. • California Pacific Conference, an allCalifornia school conference that competes in NAIA.
References
[1] http://www.bigwest.org/history/ [2] "Big West Conference", ESPN Sports Almanac 2009 [3] Long Beach State won the conference tournament defeating UC Irvine in the semifinals and Cal Poly in the finals, Long Beach State received the automatic bid to the NCAA tournament that year and because a scandal was discovered after the season their 2005-2006 season was taken out the records. Contrary to previous reports, their 2006-2007 is still in the record books because the players
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Men’s Basketball Champions Season Regular Season Champion 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Long Beach State (10-0) Long Beach State (10-0) Long Beach State (10-2) Long Beach State (10-2) Long Beach State (12-0) Long Beach State (8-2) Cal State Fullerton (6-4) Long Beach State (9-3) Fresno State (11-3) Pacific (11-3) Utah State (11-2) Fresno State (12-2) Fresno State(12-2) UNLV (15-1) UNLV (16-2) UNLV (17-1) UNLV (16-2) UNLV (18-0) UNLV (15-3) UNLV (16-2) UNLV (16-2) UNLV (18-0) UNLV (18-0) UNLV (16-2) New Mexico State (12-6) Utah State (14-4) Long Beach State (12-6) Pacific (13-3) Pacific (14-2) Boise State/UCSB (12-4) Utah State (16-0) UC-Irvine (15-1) Utah State/UC-Irvine (13-5) UCSB (14-4)
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Championship Game (winner bolded) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A San Diego State vs. Pacific Long Beach State vs. San Jose State Cal State Fullerton vs. Long Beach State Pacific vs. Utah State San Jose State vs. Long Beach State Fresno State vs. San Jose State Fresno State vs. Cal State Fullerton UNLV vs. Fresno State Fresno State vs. UNLV UNLV vs. Cal State Fullerton UNLV vs. New Mexico State UNLV vs. San Jose State Utah State vs. UC Irvine UNLV vs. New Mexico State UNLV vs. Long Beach State UNLV vs. Fresno State New Mexico State vs. Pacific Long Beach State vs. New Mexico State New Mexico State vs. UC Irvine Long Beach State vs. Nevada San Jose State vs. Utah State Pacific vs. Nevada Utah State vs. Pacific New Mexico State vs. Boise State Utah State vs. New Mexico State Utah State vs. Pacific UCSB vs. Utah State Utah State vs. Cal Poly
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2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Utah State/Pacific (17-1) Pacific (18-0) Pacific (12-2) Long Beach State (12-2)[3] UCSB, Cal State Northridge, Cal State Fullerton (12-4) Cal State Northridge Winners 7 6 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 Winning Years
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Pacific vs. Cal State Northridge Utah State vs. Pacific Pacific vs. Long Beach State Long Beach St. vs. Cal Poly Cal State Fullerton vs. UC Irvine Cal State Northridge vs. Pacific
Member ¹UNLV ¹Utah State Long Beach State Pacific ¹Fresno State ¹New Mexico State Long Beach State Cal State Fullerton ¹San Jose State ¹San Diego State UC Santa Barbara Cal State Northridge
1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991 1988, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005 1977, 1993, 1995, 2007 1979, 1997, 2004, 2006 1981, 1982, 1984 1992, 1994, 1999 1993, 1995, 2007 1978, 2008 1980, 1996 1976 2002 2009
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Football Champions Year 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 University San Diego State Long Beach State & San Diego State Long Beach State San Diego State San Diego State San Diego State San Jose State San Jose State Fresno State San Jose State and Utah State Utah State Long Beach State San Jose State Fresno State Cal State Fullerton Cal State Fullerton Fresno State San Jose State San Jose State Fresno State Fresno State San Jose State Fresno State and San Jose State Nevada Southwestern Louisiana and Utah State Southwestern Louisiana, Nevada, and UNLV Nevada Nevada and Utah State Nevada and Utah State Idaho Boise State Boise State
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School Cal Poly Basketball Arena Mott Gym Capacity Baseball Stadium 3,032 Baggett Stadium
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Capacity Soccer Stadium 1,734 Alex G. Spanos Stadium Titan Stadium Capacity 11,775
Cal State Fullerton
Titan Gym
4,000 1,600 5,021
Goodwin Field 3,500 Matador Field 1,000 Blair Field 3,238
10,000
Cal State Matadome Northridge Long Beach State Pacific Walter Pyramid
Matador 1,381 Soccer Field George Allen Field Stagg Memorial Stadium 1,000
Alex G. Spanos Center UC Davis Pavilion Bren Events Center UC Riverside Student Recreation Center
6,150
Klein Family Field
2,500
30,000
UC Davis UC Irvine UC Riverside UC Santa Barbara
8,000 4,984 3,168
Dobbins Base- 3,500 ball Complex Anteater Ballpark 2,900
Aggie Soc1,000 cer Stadium Anteater Stadium 2,500
UC-Riverside 3,500 Sports Center Caesar Uye2,000 saka Stadium
UCR Soccer 2,000 Stadium Harder Stadium 17,000
UCSB Events Center 6,000 (the Thunderdome)
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