Big West Conference

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Big West Conference
Established: 1969
Big West Conference logo
NCAA Division I
Members 9
Sports fielded 17 (men's: 8; women's: 9)
Region West Coast
Former names Pacific Coast Athletic Association
Headquarters Irvine, CA
Commissioner Dennis Farrell (since 1992)
Website http://www.bigwest.org/
Locations
Big West Conference locations

The Big West Conference (BWC) is an NCAA-affiliated Division I major college athletic conference that formerly sponsored Division I-A (now known as Division I FBS) college football. The Big West is considered to be a mid-major conference.


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[edit] Current members (and year joined)

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/Methodist 6,250 Tigers 1971

[edit] Former members

[edit] Current conference affiliations (for football) of former members

[edit] Sports

As of fall 2002, the BWC sponsors intercollegiate competition in men’s 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, women’s softball, men’s and women’s tennis, men’s and women’s track and field, and women’s volleyball.

[edit] Football Affiliation

[edit] Champions

Men's Basketball Champions
Season Regular Season Champion Tournament Champion
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
1977 Long Beach State (9-3) Long Beach State
1978 Fresno State (11-3) Cal State Fullerton
1979 Pacific (11-3) Pacific
1980 Utah State (11-2) San Jose State
1981 Fresno State (12-2) Fresno State
1982 Fresno State(12-2) Fresno State
1983 UNLV (15-1) UNLV
1984 UNLV (16-2) Fresno State
1985 UNLV (17-1) UNLV
1986 UNLV (16-2) UNLV
1987 UNLV (18-0) UNLV
1988 UNLV (15-3) Utah State
1989 UNLV (16-2) UNLV
1990 UNLV (16-2) UNLV
1991 UNLV (18-0) UNLV
1992 UNLV (18-0) New Mexico State
1993 UNLV (16-2) Long Beach State
1994 New Mexico State (12-6) New Mexico State
1995 Utah State (14-4) Long Beach State
1996 Long Beach State (12-6) San Jose State
1997 Pacific (13-3) Pacific
1998 Pacific (14-2) Utah State
1999 Boise State/UCSB (12-4) New Mexico State
2000 Utah State (16-0) Utah State
2001 UC-Irvine (15-1) Utah State
2002 Utah State/UC-Irvine (13-5) UCSB
2003 UCSB (14-4) Utah State
2004 Utah State/Pacific (17-1) Pacific
2005 Pacific (18-0) Utah State
2006 Pacific (12-2) Pacific
2007 Long Beach State (12-2)[1] Cal Poly
2008 UCSB, Cal State Northridge, Cal State Fullerton (12-4) Cal State Fullerton
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

Only UC Davis and Cal Poly have football programs. UC Davis's football stadium is called Aggie Stadium, capacity of 10,743 and Cal Poly's stadium is called Alex G. Spanos Stadium, capacity of 11,775.

School Basketball Arena Capacity Baseball ballpark 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 3,500 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

[edit] References

  1. ^ 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.

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