User:Sphilbrick/Conference timelines proposed

Membership timeline
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Big 12
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CUSA
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MAC
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MWC
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Pac-12 alternative
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Due to space limitations, not all of the post-PCC affiliations of Idaho and Montana are shown in this table:
 * From 2001 to 2005, Idaho remained in the Big West Conference, but had to find a new home for its football team since the Big West dropped football after the 2000 season. During this period, Idaho was a football-only member of the Sun Belt Conference.
 * Montana's tenure in the Mountain States Conference (popularly known as the Border Conference) was bookended by two academic years as an independent: 1950–51 and 1962–63.

Sun Belt
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 * UNC Charlotte now brands itself for athletic purposes as Charlotte.
 * Central Florida now brands itself for athletic purposes as UCF.

WAC
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Big Sky
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Great West
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NEC
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Patriot
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 * Fairfield and Ursinus—associate members in field hockey
 * Hobart—associate member in men's lacrosse
 * Villanova—associate member in women's lacrosse

Southland

 * Southwestern Louisiana became the University of Louisiana at Lafayette (Louisiana–Lafayette) in 1999.

America East

 * Rhode Island left to join the A-10  Conference


 * Holy Cross left to join the MAAC and is  currently in the Patriot League


 * Canisius, Niagara and Siena left to join the MAAC


 * Colgate left to join the Patriot League
 * Central Connecticut State left to join the East  Coast Conference and is currently in the Northeast  Conference


 * Delaware, Drexel, Hofstra, Towson, and Northeastern left to join the Colonial  Athletic Association

America East Alternative
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A-Sun

 * Northeast Louisiana became the University of Louisiana at Monroe (Louisiana–Monroe) in 1999.
 * Pan American now brands itself for athletic purposes as UTPA, but media generally refer to the school by its more complete name of Texas–Pan American.

A-10
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 * Virginia Tech did not participate in wrestling.

Big West
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Notes


 * Hawai'i–women's basketball only 84–96
 * Sacramento State–men's soccer only

The Summit
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 * Southwest Missouri State adopted its current name of Missouri State University in 2005.
 * The two former members that are part of the University of Wisconsin System, namely UW–Green Bay and UW–Milwaukee, now brand themselves for athletic purposes as "Green Bay" and "Milwaukee".
 * Troy State adopted its current name of Troy University in 2004.

WCC

 * San Francisco dropped men's basketball from 1983–85 when massive NCAA violations were discovered. It remained a WCC member in other sports.

WCC alternative
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 * Due to space limitations, the following affiliations are not linked within the timeline:
 * Fresno State was a member of the California Collegiate Athletic Association from 1957 to 1969:
 * UC Santa Barbara left what was then the PCAA for one academic year, 1974–75.
 * Seattle was a member of the Northwest Conference, then affiliated with the NAIA, from 1997 to 1999. The school then returned to the NCAA as a Division II institution and played as an independent until 2001.