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
→
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| 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
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|
| historicalPeriod |
20th century
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| inception |
1959
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| 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 |