Great Midwest Conference

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NCAA Division I athletic conference defunct sports conference

The Great Midwest Conference was a former NCAA Division I athletic conference that operated in the early 1990s, primarily featuring universities from the Midwestern United States before its members were absorbed into Conference USA.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Great Midwest Conference canonical	4

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	NCAA Division I athletic conference ⓘ defunct sports conference ⓘ
abbreviation	GMC ⓘ
absorbedInto	Conference USA ⓘ
classification	Division I non-football conference ⓘ
competitionLevel	major college ⓘ
conferenceRealignmentContext	1990s NCAA conference realignment ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dissolved	1995 ⓘ
endTime	1995 ⓘ
era	early 1990s ⓘ
footnote	member schools often played football in other conferences or as independents ⓘ
geographicFocus	Midwest ⓘ
governingBody	National Collegiate Athletic Association ⓘ
hadAutomaticBid	NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament ⓘ surface form: NCAA men's basketball tournament NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Tournament ⓘ surface form: NCAA women's basketball tournament
memberInstitution	DePaul University ⓘ Marquette University ⓘ University of Memphis ⓘ surface form: Memphis State University Saint Louis University ⓘ Tulane University ⓘ University of Alabama at Birmingham ⓘ University of Cincinnati ⓘ University of Dayton ⓘ University of Louisville ⓘ University of North Carolina at Charlotte ⓘ University of South Florida ⓘ University of Southern Mississippi ⓘ Virginia Tech ⓘ
membershipType	universities ⓘ
mostMembersJoined	Conference USA at formation ⓘ
NCAAdivision	NCAA Division I ⓘ surface form: Division I
predecessorTo	Conference USA men's basketball competition ⓘ Conference USA women's basketball competition ⓘ
primarySportEmphasis	basketball ⓘ
region	Midwestern United States ⓘ
sponsoredSport	men's basketball ⓘ other NCAA Division I sports ⓘ women's basketball ⓘ
sport	college athletics ⓘ
startTime	1991 ⓘ
status	defunct ⓘ
subdivision	NCAA Division I ⓘ
successor	Conference USA ⓘ
type	collegiate athletic conference ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Conference USA → reorganizedFrom → Great Midwest Conference ⓘ

Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball → formerConference → Great Midwest Conference ⓘ

DePaul Blue Demons men's basketball → formerConference → Great Midwest Conference ⓘ

UAB Blazers athletics → formerConference → Great Midwest Conference ⓘ