Big Eight Conference

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college athletic conference defunct sports league

The Big Eight Conference was a former major NCAA Division I athletic conference in the central United States that eventually merged to help form the Big 12 Conference.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Big Eight Conference canonical 30
Big Eight Conference (as primary predecessor) 1
Big Eight Conference (while head coach at Oklahoma State) 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf college athletic conference ⓘ
defunct sports league ⓘ
competitionGender men's sports ⓘ
women's sports ⓘ
competitionLevel major conference ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dissolvedToForm Big 12 Conference ⓘ
formerName Big Six Conference ⓘ
surface form: Big Seven Conference

Big Six Conference ⓘ
geographicFocus Great Plains ⓘ
Midwestern United States ⓘ
surface form: Midwest
governingBody National Collegiate Athletic Association ⓘ
hadBowlTieIn Orange Bowl ⓘ
headquartersLocation Kansas City, Missouri, United States ⓘ
surface form: Kansas City, Missouri
knownFor competitive men's basketball programs ⓘ
strong football traditions ⓘ
language English ⓘ
levelOnPyramid top-tier NCAA conference ⓘ
memberInstitution Iowa State College ⓘ
surface form: Iowa State University

Kansas State University ⓘ
Oklahoma State University ⓘ
University of Colorado Boulder ⓘ
University of Kansas ⓘ
University of Missouri ⓘ
University of Nebraska–Lincoln ⓘ
University of Oklahoma ⓘ
mergedInto Big 12 Conference ⓘ
nickname Big 8 ⓘ
notableInSport college football ⓘ
men's basketball ⓘ
numberOfMemberSchoolsAtEnd 8 ⓘ
partOf Football Bowl Subdivision ⓘ
surface form: NCAA Division I FBS
predecessor Missouri Valley Conference ⓘ
surface form: Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association
region central United States ⓘ
sponsoredSport baseball ⓘ
college football ⓘ
cross country ⓘ
golf ⓘ
men's basketball ⓘ
swimming and diving ⓘ
tennis ⓘ
track and field ⓘ
wrestling ⓘ
sport college athletics ⓘ
subdivision NCAA Division I ⓘ
successor Big 12 Conference ⓘ
typeOfOrganization collegiate athletic conference ⓘ

Referenced by (34)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Big 12 Conference → predecessor → Big Eight Conference ⓘ
Missouri Tigers baseball team → formerConference → Big Eight Conference ⓘ
Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball → formerConference → Big Eight Conference ⓘ
Kansas Jayhawks football → formerConference → Big Eight Conference ⓘ
Kansas Jayhawks football → wonConferenceTitleIn → Big Eight Conference ⓘ
Bowl Coalition → memberConference → Big Eight Conference ⓘ
Oklahoma Sooners → formerConference → Big Eight Conference ⓘ
subject surface form: Oklahoma Sooners football
Oklahoma State Cowboys football → formerConference → Big Eight Conference ⓘ
B12 → formerName → Big Eight Conference ⓘ
this entity surface form: Big Eight Conference (as primary predecessor)
B12 → predecessor → Big Eight Conference ⓘ
Border War → primaryConferenceContext → Big Eight Conference ⓘ
1988 NCAA men's basketball championship → conferenceOfWinner → Big Eight Conference ⓘ
1988 NCAA men's basketball championship → conferenceOfLoser → Big Eight Conference ⓘ
Missouri Tigers men's basketball → formerConference → Big Eight Conference ⓘ
Missouri Tigers men's basketball → formerLeague → Big Eight Conference ⓘ
this entity surface form: Big Eight Conference men's basketball
Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball → formerConference → Big Eight Conference ⓘ
Colorado Buffaloes football → formerConference → Big Eight Conference ⓘ
Colorado Buffaloes football → conferenceTitle → Big Eight Conference ⓘ
this entity surface form: Big Eight Conference football championship
Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball → formerConference → Big Eight Conference ⓘ
Nebraska Cornhuskers → formerConference → Big Eight Conference ⓘ
Oklahoma Sooners baseball → formerConference → Big Eight Conference ⓘ
Ralph Miller → memberOfSportsConference → Big Eight Conference ⓘ
MU → formerAthleticsConference → Big Eight Conference ⓘ
Memorial Stadium → previousConferenceTenant → Big Eight Conference ⓘ
Memorial Stadium → previousConferenceOfTenant → Big Eight Conference ⓘ
Missouri Tigers football → previousConference → Big Eight Conference ⓘ
Missouri Tigers football → wonConferenceChampionshipsIn → Big Eight Conference ⓘ
Johnny Rodgers → playedCollegeFootballInConference → Big Eight Conference ⓘ
Leonard Hamilton → leagueCoachedIn → Big Eight Conference ⓘ
Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball → formerConference → Big Eight Conference ⓘ
Oklahoma State Cowboys baseball → formerConference → Big Eight Conference ⓘ
Oklahoma State Cowboys wrestling → formerConference → Big Eight Conference ⓘ
Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball → formerConference → Big Eight Conference ⓘ
Pat Jones → conference → Big Eight Conference ⓘ
this entity surface form: Big Eight Conference (while head coach at Oklahoma State)