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- | ====== Conference USA ===== | ||
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- | Conference USA was formed in 1995 by merging teams from two conferences - the [[Great Midwest Conference]] and the Metro Conference - that did not sponsor Division I football. Ironically, football, as a conference sport, was instituted in 1996. | ||
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- | The twelve charter members were **Charlotte**, | ||
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- | **East Carolina** was admitted in 1996 as a football-only school and began competition in 1997. | ||
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- | **Army** would join in 1997 also as a football-only school and would hold that status for the rest of its membership in Conference USA. It began competing in 1998. | ||
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- | **Texas Christian**, | ||
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- | Marquette would continue to compete in this conference until 2005-06, when it joined the [[Big East]]. Joining Marquette' | ||
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- | To replace the departing members, the conference enlisted **Central Florida** (football in the MAC and the rest of the sports in the Atlantic Sun) and **Marshall** from the Mid-Atlantic Conference; **Rice**, **Southern Methodist**, | ||
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- | Currently, the conference also has soccer-only members for men - Florida International (Sun Belt), Kentucky and South Carolina (SEC) - and women, Colorado College (a Division III school with women' | ||
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- | Mike Slive, the [[Great Midwest Conference]]' | ||
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- | ===== Basketball Divisions ===== | ||
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- | The conference began in 1995 with three divisions that matched its namesake: Red, White, and Blue. In 1997, the divisions were reconstituted to form only two divisions: American and National. | ||
- | ^ ^ Red Division ^ White Division ^ Blue Division ^ | ||
- | | **1995-96** | Southern Miss, Tulane, UAB, USF | | ||
- | | **1996-97** | Southern Miss, Tulane, UAB, USF | | ||
- | ^ ^ American ^ National ^ | ||
- | | **1997-2001** | Charlotte, Cincinnati, DePaul, Louisville, Marquette, St. Louis | | ||
- | | **2001-03** | Charlotte, Cincinnati, DePaul, East Carolina, Louisville, Marquette, St. Louis | | ||
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- | In 2003, the conference eliminated the divisions altogether. | ||
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- | ===== Regular Season Basketball Champions ===== | ||
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- | * **1995-96: | ||
- | * **1996-97: | ||
- | * **1997-98: | ||
- | * **1998-99: | ||
- | * **1999-00: | ||
- | * **2000-01: | ||
- | * **2001-02: | ||
- | * **2002-03: | ||
- | * **2003-04: | ||
- | * **2004-05: | ||
- | * **2005-06: | ||
- | * **2006-07: | ||
- | * **2007-08: | ||
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- | ===== Conference USA Tournament Results ===== | ||
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