Athletic Association of Western Universities

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The Athletic Association of Western Universities was the original name of the major American collegiate athletic conference now known as the Pac-12, which organized sports competition among large universities in the western United States.


Statements (37)
Predicate Object
instanceOf NCAA conference
collegiate athletic conference
alsoKnownAs AAWU
Big Five
Big Six
competitionLevel major college
country United States
dissolved 1968
formerNameOf Pac-12 Conference
governingBody National Collegiate Athletic Association
hasMember Oregon State University
Stanford University
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Los Angeles
University of Oregon
University of Southern California
University of Washington
Washington State University
headquartersLocation San Francisco, California
historicalPeriod 20th century
inception 1959
locatedInTimeZone Mountain Time Zone
Pacific Time Zone
memberOf NCAA
notableFor being the predecessor of the Pac-12 Conference
organizing major college athletics in the western United States
organizedCompetitionIn basketball
football
multiple varsity sports
partOf college sports in the United States
regionServed Western United States
replaced Pacific Coast Conference
sport college athletics
subdivision NCAA Division I
successor Pac-12 Conference
Pacific-10 Conference
Pacific-8 Conference

Referenced by (9)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
California Golden Bears football
Stanford Cardinal football team
formerConference
AAWU
Big Six
fullName
Big Five
alsoKnownAs
Stanford Cardinal athletics
formerAffiliation
Pac-12 Conference
formerName
Big Five
hasOfficialName
Pacific-8 Conference
predecessor

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