Athletic Association of Western Universities

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NCAA conference collegiate athletic conference

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.

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Label	Occurrences
Athletic Association of Western Universities canonical	17

Statements (37)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	NCAA conference ⓘ collegiate athletic conference ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	AAWU ⓘ Big Five ⓘ Big Six ⓘ
competitionLevel	major college ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ surface form: San Francisco, California
historicalPeriod	20th century ⓘ
inception	1959 ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Mountain Time Zone ⓘ Pacific Time Zone ⓘ
memberOf	National Collegiate Athletic Association ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ surface form: Western United States
replaced	Pacific-8 Conference ⓘ surface form: Pacific Coast Conference
sport	college athletics ⓘ
subdivision	NCAA Division I ⓘ
successor	Pac-12 Conference ⓘ Pacific-8 Conference ⓘ surface form: Pacific-10 Conference Pacific-8 Conference ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

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

Pac-12 Conference → formerName → Athletic Association of Western Universities ⓘ

Stanford Cardinal football team → formerConference → Athletic Association of Western Universities ⓘ

AAWU → fullName → Athletic Association of Western Universities ⓘ

Big Five → hasOfficialName → Athletic Association of Western Universities ⓘ

Big Five → alsoKnownAs → Athletic Association of Western Universities ⓘ

Big Six → fullName → Athletic Association of Western Universities ⓘ

Pacific-8 Conference → predecessor → Athletic Association of Western Universities ⓘ

Stanford Cardinal athletics → formerAffiliation → Athletic Association of Western Universities ⓘ

California Golden Bears football → formerConference → Athletic Association of Western Universities ⓘ

Slats Gill → leagueCoachedIn → Athletic Association of Western Universities ⓘ

USC Trojans football team → formerConference → Athletic Association of Western Universities ⓘ

Huskies → formerConference → Athletic Association of Western Universities ⓘ

subject surface form: Washington Huskies

USC Trojans baseball → formerConference → Athletic Association of Western Universities ⓘ

Trojans → formerConferenceMembership → Athletic Association of Western Universities ⓘ

Pacific Coast Conference → successor → Athletic Association of Western Universities ⓘ

California Golden Bears → formerConference → Athletic Association of Western Universities ⓘ

Stanford Cardinal men's basketball → formerConference → Athletic Association of Western Universities ⓘ