As there are over 300 schools playing at the Division 1, 2 and 3 levels these schools are divided into conferences for internal scheduling purposes.
The teams in each conference normally play within their own conference for the regular season but may also compete against other teams that fit into one or more other conferences. This list is not complete, missing many Division 3 conferences and some Division 1 & 2 conferences.
how many division 1 basketball conferences are there?
There are 32 Division I Men’s Basketball Conferences and 32 Division 1 Women’s Basketball Conferences.
Division 1 men: Atlantic Sun, American Athletic Conference, The Atlantic 10, West Coast Conference, Missouri Valley, Patriot League, Ohio Valley Conference, Southern Conference (split into men and women this year), Southland Conference (has a women’s league), Metro Atlantic, Colonial Athletic Association (split into men and women this year), America East, Ohio Valley Conference, Big Sky Conference (split into men and women this year) , Big South Conference (has a women’s league West), Big Conference (has a woemn’s league), Mountain West Conference, Western Athletic Conference
The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC)
Atlantic 10 (split into men and women this year), Big East Conference (has a coed league) , Big 12 Conference (co-ed) , Southeastern Conference (SEC) (co-ed), Pacific 12 Conference, West Coast Conference (women only).
Division 1 Women: Northeast Conference, Atlantic Sun, American Athletic Conference , The Atlantic 10, West Coast Conference , Missouri Valley, Patriot League, Ohio Valley Conference (split into men and women this year), Southland Conference (has a men’s league), Metro Atlantic , Colonial Athletic Association (split into men and women this year) , America East , Ohio Valley Conference, Big Sky.
The Big 12 Conference
There are 32 Division II Men’s Basketball Conferences and 32 Division 2 Women’s basketball Conferences.
Division II men: Great American Conference, The Sun Conference , Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference, Peach Belt Conference , Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (split into men and women this year), North Atlantic Conference (coed), East Coast Conference (coed), Peach Belt Conference , Southeast 8, Lone Star Conference (men only) , The Sun Conference , Mountain East, Gulf South Conference , Appalachian Athletic, Great American.
The Big East Conference
Division II women: the Great American Conference , The Sun Conference, Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference , Peach Belt Conference, Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Association (split into men and women this year), Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (split into men and women this year), North Atlantic Conference (coed) East Coast Conference (coed), Southeast 8, Lone Star Conference (women only) , The Sun Conference , Mountain East, Gulf South Conference , Appalachian Athletic, Great American.
The Big Ten Conference
There are over 300 Division 3 Men’s Basketball teams and over 200 Division 3 Women’s basketball teams.
Division III men: Capital Athletic Conference , New England Collegiate Conference, Commonwealth Coast Conference (coed), Freedom Conference , New England Collegiate Conference, Empire 8, Massachusetts State College Athletic League (split into men and women this year) , Commonwealth Coast Conference (coed), Old Dominion Athletic Conference , Capital Athletic Conference, New England Collegiate Conference , Landmark Conference, North Atlantic Conference , USA South Athletic
The Ivy League.
Division III Women: Old Dominion Athletic Association, Capital Athletic Conference , Freedom Conference, New England Collegiate Conference , Commonwealth Coast Connference (split into men and women this year), Empire 8 , Commonwealth Coast Conference (coed), Massachusetts State College Athletic League (split into men and women this year) , Old Dominion Athletic Association, Capital Athletic Conference , Landmark Conference, North Atlantic Conference , USA South Athletic
The Pacific-12 Conference (Pac-12)
NAIA Division Men’s teams: Association of Independent Institutions, Canadian Inter-University Sport (split into men and women this year), Sooner Athletic Conference , Mid-South Conference (coed), Golden State Athletic Conference , The Sun Conference, Mid-South Conference (coed), National Christian College Athletic Association (men only) , American Midwest Conference, United States Collegiate Athletic Association (men only) , Mid-South Conference, Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (split into men and women this year), Sooner Athletic Conference.
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