Big Six Conference

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NCAA athletic conference college athletic conference

The Big Six Conference was an early 20th-century American college athletic conference in the Midwest that later expanded and evolved into the Big Eight Conference.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Big Seven Conference	2

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	NCAA athletic conference ⓘ college athletic conference ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Big 6 Conference NERFINISHED ⓘ Big Six NERFINISHED ⓘ
competitiveLevel	major college conference ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
dissolved	1947 ⓘ
expandedToInclude	University of Colorado (as part of transition to Big Seven) NERFINISHED ⓘ
focus	intercollegiate athletics ⓘ
followedBy	Big Eight Conference NERFINISHED ⓘ Big Seven Conference NERFINISHED ⓘ
geographicScope	Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ Kansas NERFINISHED ⓘ Missouri NERFINISHED ⓘ Nebraska NERFINISHED ⓘ Oklahoma NERFINISHED ⓘ
governingBody	National Collegiate Athletic Association ⓘ
hadMember	Iowa State College NERFINISHED ⓘ Kansas State Agricultural College NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Kansas NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Missouri NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Nebraska NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Oklahoma NERFINISHED ⓘ
hadPrimaryRivalry	Kansas–Missouri rivalry NERFINISHED ⓘ Nebraska–Oklahoma football rivalry NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod	early 20th century ⓘ
inception	1928 ⓘ
memberInstitutionsType	public universities ⓘ
memberOf	NCAA Division I (historical predecessor) NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableIn	history of college basketball conferences ⓘ history of college football conferences ⓘ
numberOfMemberSchools	6 ⓘ
originatedFrom	reorganization of Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association ⓘ
partOfHistoryOf	Big Eight Conference NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Midwestern United States ⓘ
sponsoredSport	baseball ⓘ college football ⓘ men's basketball ⓘ track and field ⓘ
sport	college athletics ⓘ
successorConferenceRegion	Great Plains NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Big Eight Conference → formerName → Big Six Conference ⓘ

this entity surface form: Big Seven Conference

Memorial Stadium → previousConferenceOfTenant → Big Six Conference ⓘ

Bud Wilkinson → conferenceChampionshipWon → Big Six Conference ⓘ

this entity surface form: Big Seven Conference