Border Conference

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college athletic conference defunct sports league

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

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	college athletic conference → defunct sports league →
alsoKnownAs	Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association →
basketballChampionshipFormat	regular-season standings →
competitionType	intercollegiate athletics →
country	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 University Division →
memberInstitution	Arizona State College at Tempe → Arizona State University → Hardin–Simmons University → New Mexico A&M College → New Mexico State University → Northern Arizona Teachers College → Northern Arizona University → Texas College of Mines and Metallurgy → Texas Tech University → Texas Technological College → Texas Western College → University of Arizona → University of New Mexico → University of Texas at El Paso → West Texas State Teachers College → West Texas State University →
notableFormerMember	Arizona State Sun Devils football → Arizona Wildcats football → Texas Tech Red Raiders football → UTEP Miners football →
reasonForDissolution	realignment of member schools into other conferences →
region	Southwestern United States →
sponsoredSport	baseball → college football → men's basketball → track and field →
sport	college athletics →
status	defunct →
subdivisionOf	NCAA →
successor	Missouri Valley Conference → Western Athletic Conference →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Arizona State Sun Devils men's basketball → Arizona Wildcats football team → Arizona Wildcats men's basketball → Lobos →	formerConference
New Mexico State Aggies men's basketball →	previousConference