Border Conference

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The Border Conference was a mid-20th-century American college athletic conference that included several universities from the southwestern United States.

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Border Conference canonical 10

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Predicate Object
instanceOf college athletic conference
defunct sports league
alsoKnownAs Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association
basketballChampionshipFormat regular-season standings
competitionType intercollegiate athletics
country United States of America
surface form: United States
dissolved 1962
era mid-20th century
footballChampionshipFormat round-robin conference schedule
gender primarily men's sports
geographicFocus Arizona
New Mexico
Texas
governingBody National Collegiate Athletic Association
inception 1931
level NCAA Division I
surface form: NCAA University Division
memberInstitution Arizona State University
surface form: Arizona State College at Tempe

Arizona State University
Hardin–Simmons University
New Mexico A&M College
New Mexico A&M College
surface form: New Mexico State University

Northern Arizona Teachers College
Northern Arizona Teachers College
surface form: Northern Arizona University

Texas College of Mines and Metallurgy
Texas Tech University
Texas Tech University
surface form: Texas Technological College

Texas Western College
University of Arizona
University of New Mexico
University of Texas at El Paso
West Texas A&M University
surface form: West Texas State Teachers College

West Texas A&M University
surface form: West Texas State University
notableFormerMember Arizona State Sun Devils football team
surface form: Arizona State Sun Devils football

Arizona Wildcats football team
surface form: Arizona Wildcats football

Texas Tech Red Raiders football team
surface form: Texas Tech Red Raiders football

UTEP Miners football team
surface form: UTEP Miners football
reasonForDissolution realignment of member schools into other conferences
region southwestern United States
surface form: Southwestern United States
sponsoredSport baseball
college football
men's basketball
track and field
sport college athletics
status defunct
subdivisionOf National Collegiate Athletic Association
surface form: NCAA
successor Missouri Valley Conference
Western Athletic Conference

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