Big Five

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college athletic conference defunct college athletic conference informal name

The Big Five was an informal name for the Athletic Association of Western Universities, a major mid-20th-century NCAA athletic conference composed of prominent West Coast universities.

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Observed surface forms (1)

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Athletic Association of Western Universities 0

Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf college athletic conference ⓘ
defunct college athletic conference ⓘ
informal name ⓘ
alsoKnownAs AAWU ⓘ
Athletic Association of Western Universities ⓘ
Big Five Conference ⓘ
characteristic composed of prominent West Coast universities ⓘ
competitiveLevel top-tier NCAA competition ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
focus intercollegiate athletics ⓘ
followedBy Pacific-8 Conference ⓘ
surface form: Pac-8

Pacific-8 Conference ⓘ
governingBody National Collegiate Athletic Association ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
hasMember Stanford University ⓘ
University of California, Berkeley ⓘ
University of California, Los Angeles ⓘ
University of Southern California ⓘ
University of Washington ⓘ
hasOfficialName Athletic Association of Western Universities ⓘ
hasShortName AAWU ⓘ
isPartOfHistoryOf Pac-12 Conference ⓘ
college sports on the West Coast ⓘ
leagueLevel major college conference ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Pacific Time Zone ⓘ
memberOf National Collegiate Athletic Association ⓘ
surface form: NCAA
notableSport college football ⓘ
men's basketball ⓘ
numberOfMembers 5 ⓘ
operatedIn California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

Washington ⓘ
surface form: Washington (state)
partOf NCAA Division I ⓘ
surface form: NCAA University Division
regionServed West Coast of the United States ⓘ
sport college athletics ⓘ
successor Pacific-8 Conference ⓘ
surface form: Pac-8

Pacific-8 Conference ⓘ
timePeriod mid-20th century ⓘ
typeOfMembership university members only ⓘ

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AAWU → alsoKnownAs → Big Five ⓘ