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The Big Sky Conference (known as the Big Sky) is a conference participating in the NCAA's Division I, with member institutions in Arizona, California, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Utah, and Washington. It was founded in 1963. The conference is named after a 1947 novel by A. B. Guthrie entitled The Big Sky. A separate women's sports conference called the Mountain West Athletic Conference (completely unrelated to the current Mountain West Conference) existed from 1982-88, and comprised most (but not all) of the Big Sky membership. The two conferences merged in 1988.
Current members (year joined)[]
- Eastern Washington (joined in 1987)
- Idaho (charter member; left in 1996, rejoined in 2014)
- Idaho State (charter member)
- Montana (charter member)
- Montana State (charter member)
- Northern Arizona (joined in 1970)
- Northern Colorado (joined in 2006)
- Portland State (joined 1996)
- Sacramento State (joined 1996)
- Weber State (charter member)
Former Members[]
- Boise State (1970–1996)
- Cal State Northridge (1996–2001)
- Gonzaga (1963–1979)
- Nevada (1979–1992)
- North Dakota (2012–2018)