Big West Conference From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Big West Conference Established: 1969 NCAA Division I Members 9 Sports fielded 17 (men's: 8; women's: 9) Region West Coast (California-only conference) Former names Pacific Coast Athletic Association Headquarters Irvine, CA Commissioner Dennis Farrell (since 1992) Website http://www.bigwest.org/ Locations 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 Division I-A (now known as Division I FBS) college football, after the 2000 season. Contents [hide] 1 Current members (and year joined) 2 Former members 3 Current conference affiliations (for football) of current and former members 4 Sports 5 Champions 6 Performance By School 6.1 See also 7 Conference arenas and ballparks 8 See also 9 References 10 External links [edit] 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 schools, divided equally between the California State University and University of California systems. Institution Location Founded Affiliation Enrollment Nickname Year Joined Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, California 1901 Public (California State University system) 18,400 Mustangs 1996 Cal State Fullerton Fullerton, California 1957 Public (California State University system) 35,040 Titans 1974 Cal State Northridge Northridge, Los Angeles, California 1958 Public (California State University system) 34,560 Matadors 2001 Long Beach State Long Beach, California 1949 Public (California State University system) 35,574 49ers 1969 UC Davis Davis, California 1905 Public (University of California system) 30,475 Aggies 2007 UC Irvine Irvine, California 1965 Public (University of California system) 25,000 Anteaters 1977 UC Riverside Riverside, California 1954 Public (University of California system) 17,000 Highlanders 2001 UC Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, California 1944 Public (University of California system) 19,800 Gauchos 1969 Pacific Stockton, California 1851 Private 6,250 Tigers 1971 Locations of current Big West Conference full member institutions. [edit] Former members Arkansas State - 1993-96 and 1998-2000 (football only) - currently in Sun Belt Boise State - 1996-2001 - currently in WAC 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 [edit] 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 [edit] 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. Most notably 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. Furthermore Pacific won back to back Women's Volleyball titles in 1985, 1986. On an interesting note, 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 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. [edit] Champions It has been suggested that this section be split into a new article entitled Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament. (Discuss) Men's Basketball Champions Season Regular Season Champion Championship Game (winner bolded) 1970 Long Beach State (10-0) N/A 1971 Long Beach State (10-0) N/A 1972 Long Beach State (10-2) N/A 1973 Long Beach State (10-2) N/A 1974 Long Beach State (12-0) N/A 1975 Long Beach State (8-2) N/A 1976 Cal State Fullerton (6-4) San Diego State vs. Pacific 1977 Long Beach State (9-3) Long Beach State vs. San Jose State 1978 Fresno State (11-3) Cal State Fullerton vs. Long Beach State 1979 Pacific (11-3) Pacific vs. Utah State 1980 Utah State (11-2) Cal State San Jose vs. Long Beach State 1981 Fresno State (12-2) Fresno State vs. Cal State San Jose 1982 Fresno State(12-2) Fresno State vs. Cal State Fullerton 1983 UNLV (15-1) UNLV vs. Fresno State 1984 UNLV (16-2) Fresno State vs. UNLV 1985 UNLV (17-1) UNLV vs. Cal State Fullerton 1986 UNLV (16-2) UNLV vs. New Mexico State 1987 UNLV (18-0) UNLV vs. Cal State San Jose 1988 UNLV (15-3) Utah State vs. UC Irvine 1989 UNLV (16-2) UNLV vs. New Mexico State 1990 UNLV (16-2) UNLV vs. Long Beach State 1991 UNLV (18-0) UNLV vs. Fresno State 1992 UNLV (18-0) New Mexico State vs. Pacific 1993 UNLV (16-2) Long Beach State vs. New Mexico State 1994 New Mexico State (12-6) New Mexico State vs. UC Irvine 1995 Utah State (14-4) Long Beach State vs. Nevada 1996 Long Beach State (12-6) Cal State San Jose vs. Utah State 1997 Pacific (13-3) Pacific vs. Nevada 1998 Pacific (14-2) Utah State vs. Pacific 1999 Boise State/UCSB (12-4) New Mexico State vs. Boise State 2000 Utah State (16-0) Utah State vs. New Mexico State 2001 UC-Irvine (15-1) Utah State vs. Pacific 2002 Utah State/UC-Irvine (13-5) UCSB vs. Utah State 2003 UCSB (14-4) Utah State vs. Cal Poly 2004 Utah State/Pacific (17-1) Pacific vs. Cal State Northridge 2005 Pacific (18-0) Utah State vs. Pacific 2006 Pacific (12-2) Pacific vs. Long Beach State 2007 Long Beach State (12-2)[2] Long Beach St. vs. Cal Poly 2008 UCSB, Cal State Northridge, Cal State Fullerton (12-4) Cal State Fullerton vs. UC Irvine 2009 Cal State Northridge Cal State Northridge vs. Pacific [edit] Performance By School Member Winners Winning Years ¹UNLV 7 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991 ¹Utah State 6 1988, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005 Long Beach State 4 1977, 1993, 1995, 2007 Pacific 4 1979, 1997, 2004, 2006 ¹Fresno State 3 1981, 1982, 1984 ¹New Mexico State 3 1992, 1994, 1999 Long Beach State 3 1993, 1995, 2007 Cal State Fullerton 2 1978, 2008 ¹San Jose State 2 1980, 1996 ¹San Diego State 1 1976 UC Santa Barbara 1 2002 Cal State Northridge 1 2009 ¹no longer a conference member [edit] See also Big West Conference men's basketball tournament locations Big West Conference Tournament Finals broadcasters Big West Conference Women's Basketball Tournament Football Champions Year University 1969 San Diego State 1970 Long Beach State & San Diego State 1971 Long Beach State 1972 San Diego State 1973 San Diego State 1974 San Diego State 1975 San Jose State 1976 San Jose State 1977 Fresno State 1978 San Jose State and Utah State 1979 Utah State 1980 Long Beach State 1981 San Jose State 1982 Fresno State 1983 Cal State Fullerton 1984 Cal State Fullerton 1985 Fresno State 1986 San Jose State 1987 San Jose State 1988 Fresno State 1989 Fresno State 1990 San Jose State 1991 Fresno State and San Jose State 1992 Nevada 1993 Southwestern Louisiana and Utah State 1994 Southwestern Louisiana, Nevada, and UNLV 1995 Nevada 1996 Nevada and Utah State 1997 Nevada and Utah State 1998 Idaho 1999 Boise State 2000 Boise State [edit] Conference arenas and ballparks School Basketball Arena Capacity Baseball Stadium Capacity Soccer Stadium Capacity Cal Poly Mott Gym 3,032 Baggett Stadium 1,534 Alex G. Spanos Stadium 11,775 Cal State Fullerton Titan Gym 4,000 Goodwin Field 3,500 Titan Stadium 10,000 Cal State Northridge Matadome 1,600 Matador Field 1,000 Matador Soccer Field 1,381 Long Beach State Walter Pyramid 5,021 Blair Field 3,238 George Allen Field 1,000 Pacific Alex G. Spanos Center 6,150 Klein Family Field 2,500 Stagg Memorial Stadium 30,000 UC Davis UC Davis Pavilion 8,000 Dobbins Baseball Complex 3,500 Aggie Soccer Stadium 1,000 UC Irvine Bren Events Center 4,984 Anteater Ballpark 2,900 Anteater Stadium 2,500 UC Riverside UC Riverside Student Recreation Center 3,168 UC-Riverside Sports Center 3,500 UCR Soccer Stadium 2,000 UC Santa Barbara UCSB Events Center (the Thunderdome) 6,000 Caesar Uyesaka Stadium 1,000 Harder Stadium 17,000 [edit] 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 all-California school conference that competes in NAIA. [edit] References ^ http://www.bigwest.org/history/ ^ 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 were eligible during the 2006-2007 season. [edit] External links Official website [hide]v • d • eBig West Conference Cal Poly • Cal State Fullerton • Cal State Northridge • Long Beach State • Pacific • UC Davis • UC Irvine • UC Riverside • UC Santa Barbara Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_West_Conference" Categories: Big West Conference | College athletics conferences | Sports in California