Southern California Baseball Association

The Southern California Baseball Association or SCBA was a baseball-only conference that existed from 1977 to 1984.[1] It was made up of schools from the Big West Conference, then known as the Pacific Coast Athletic Association (PCAA), and West Coast Conference, then known as 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). In the league's inaugural season there were seven teams. The next year, UC Irvine joined, and from then until the demise of the conference the membership stood at eight schools. San Diego State left after the 1978 season but was immediately replaced by San Diego, and Cal State Los Angeles left after the next-to-last season of 1983 and was replaced for the league's final season by UNLV, the only non-California member in SCBA history. The SCBA was dominated by Cal State Fullerton who won the league title all eight seasons, while competing in four College World Series and claiming their first two national titles.

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, Fullerton
(Cal State Fullerton)		 Fullerton 1957 Public Titans 1976 1984 Pacific Coast (PCAA)[d] 32 17
California State University, Los Angeles
(Cal State Los Angeles)		 Los Angeles 1947 Public Golden Eagles 1976 1983 California (CCAA)[e] 4 1
California State University, Long Beach
(Long Beach State)		 Long Beach 1949 Public 49ers 1976 1984 Pacific Coast (PCAA)[d] 18 4
Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles 1911 Catholic
(Jesuit)		 Lions 1976 1984 West Coast (WCAC)[f] 8 1
Pepperdine University Malibu 1937 Churches
of Christ		 Waves 1976 1984 West Coast (WCAC)[f] 25 2
University of San Diego San Diego 1949 Catholic
(Diocese
of San Diego)		 Toreros 1978 1984 West Coast (WCAC)[f] 6 0
San Diego State University San Diego 1897 Public Aztecs 1976 1978 Pacific Coast (PCAA)[d][g] 9 0
University of California, Irvine
(UC Irvine)		 Irvine 1965 Public Anteaters 1977 1984 Pacific Coast (PCAA)[d] 9 2
University of California, Santa Barbara
(UC Santa Barbara)		 Santa Barbara 1891 Public Gauchos 1976 1984 Pacific Coast (PCAA)[d] 7 0
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
(UNLV)		 Las Vegas
(Nevada)		 1957 Public Rebels 1983 1984 Pacific Coast (PCAA)[d][h] 10 0
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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Currently known as the Big West Conference (BWC).
  5. ↑ Currently an NCAA Division II athletic conference.
  6. 1 2 3 Currently known as the West Coast Conference (WCC).
  7. ↑ Later left to join the Western Athletic Conference (WAC); now currently in the Mountain West Conference (MW).
  8. ↑ Now currently in the Mountain West Conference (MW).

References

  1. ↑ "Conference Championships". fullertontitans.com. Retrieved 2026-08-01.
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