Midwestern Conference
| Midwestern Conference (CMU) |
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|---|---|
| Established | 1970 |
| Dissolved | 1972 |
| Association | NCAA |
| Division | Division I non-football |
| Members | 5 |
| Sports fielded | 10 (men's: 10) |
| Region | Midwestern United States |
| Headquarters | Indianapolis, Indiana |
| Commissioner | Jack McClelland |
The Midwestern Conference was a college athletic conference which operated in Illinois and Indiana in 1970-72. It was composed of schools which had recently moved from Division II (then known as the College Division) to Division I (known as the University Division) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The conference sponsored only men's sports; awarding championships in baseball, basketball, golf, swimming, indoor & outdoor track and field, tennis, and wrestling.
The first conference championship was in cross country in the fall of 1970. Southern Illinois won that championship and almost made a clean sweep by winning championships in basketball, wrestling, swimming, baseball, tennis, and both indoor and outdoor track. Only Ball State prevented a sweep by winning the golf championship that spring.
At that time, in order to be recognized by the NCAA, a conference was required to have six or more member institutions. The Midwestern Conference had only five members and was unable to find a sixth, so it ceased operations after only two years. The five member schools eventually affiliated with other conferences.
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Member Schools [edit]
The onetime members of the Midwestern Conference and the conferences they later joined are:
- Ball State University Cardinals[1]--- Mid-American Conference, 1973 to present[2]
- Illinois State University Redbirds[3]--- Missouri Valley Conference, 1981 to present[4]
- Indiana State University Sycamores[5]--- Missouri Valley Conference, 1977 to present[4]
- Northern Illinois University Huskies[6]---Mid-American Conference, 1977-86, '97-present[2]
- Southern Illinois University Salukis[7]--- Missouri Valley Conference, 1975-present[4]
Conference Champions [edit]
Baseball [edit]
- 1971 Southern Illinois
- 1972 Northern Illinois
Basketball [edit]
- 1970-71 Southern Illinois
- 1971-72 Northern Illinois
Golf [edit]
- 1971 Ball State
- 1972 Ball State
Swimming [edit]
- 1970-71 Southern Illinois
- 1791-72 Southern Illinois?
Indoor Track & Field [edit]
- 1970-71 Southern Illinois
- 1791-72 Illinois State?
Outdoor Track & Field [edit]
- 1971 Southern Illinois
- 1972 Illinois State?
Tennis [edit]
- 1971 Southern Illinois
- 1972 Southern Illinois
Wrestling [edit]
- 1970-71 Southern Illinois
- 1791-72 Northern Illinois?
References [edit]
- ^ http://www.ballstatesports.com/fls/14200/MBB/PDFs/All-Time-Results.pdf?SPSID=62158&SPID=6786&DB_OEM_ID=14200
- ^ a b http://www.mac-sports.com/
- ^ http://catalog.e-digitaleditions.com/issue/44431
- ^ a b c http://mvc-sports.com/
- ^ http://www.gosycamores.com/fls/15200//1112FullYearbook.pdf?SPSID=65149&SPID=7259&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=15200
- ^ http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/niu/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2011-12/misc_non_event/1112-info-guide.pdf
- ^ http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/silu/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2011-12/prospectus/prospectus.pdf
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