Northern California Baseball Association

The Northern California Baseball Association or NCBA was a baseball-only conference that existed from 1977 to 1984. It was made up of schools from the Big West Conference, then the Pacific Coast Athletic Association (PCAA), and West Coast Conference, then the West Coast Athletic Conference (WCAC). In 1977, the PCAA and WCAC realigned themselves for baseball-only into a north conference (NCBA) and south conference (SCBA). Throughout the eight years of NCBA/SCBA alignment, seven teams competed in the NCBA; all participated in all of the league's seasons except Nevada, which left after the 1983 season. All league titles were claimed by Fresno State or Santa Clara.

Member schools

Institution Location[a] Founded Affiliation Nickname Joined[b] Left[c] Primary
conference
for other
sports at
the moment		 NCAA
baseball
tournament
appearances		 CWS
appearances
California State University, Fresno
(Fresno State)		 Fresno 1911 Public Titans 1976 1984 Pacific Coast (PCAA)[d][e] 31 4
University of Nevada, Reno
(Nevada)		 Reno
(Nevada)		 1874 Public Wolf Pack 1976 1983 D-I Independent[f] 4 0
University of the Pacific
(Pacific)		 Stockton 1851 United
Methodist		 Tigers 1976 1984 Pacific Coast (PCAA)[g] 0 0
Saint Mary's College of California Moraga 1863 Catholic
(F.S.C.)		 Gaels 1976 1984 West Coast (WCAC)[h] 0 0
University of San Francisco San Francisco 1855 Catholic
(Jesuit)		 Tigers 1976 1984 West Coast (WCAC)[h] 1 0
San Jose State University San Jose 1857 Public Spartans 1976 1984 Pacific Coast (PCAA)[i] 4 1
Santa Clara University Santa Clara 1851 Catholic
(Jesuit)		 Broncos 1977 1984 West Coast (WCAC)[h] 11 1
Notes
  1. ↑ All cities are located within the State of California, unless noted in parentheses the state where the institution is located by that city.
  2. ↑ Represents the calendar year when fall sports competition begins.
  3. ↑ Represents the calendar year when spring sports competition ends.
  4. ↑ Currently known as the Big West Conference (BWC).
  5. ↑ Later left to join the Western Athletic Conference (WAC); then left to join the Mountain West Conference (MW); now currently in the Pac-12 Conference.
  6. ↑ Later left to join the Big West Conference (BWC); then left to join the Western Athletic Conference (WAC); now currently in the Mountain West Conference (MW).
  7. ↑ Now currently in the West Coast Conference (WCC).
  8. 1 2 3 Currently known as the West Coast Conference (WCC).
  9. ↑ Later left to join the Western Athletic Conference (WAC); now currently in the Mountain West Conference (MW).
  • "USF Baseball Places Five on West Coast Conference 40th Anniversary Team". University of San Francisco Athletics. 3 January 2007. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
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