West Coast Conference

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The West Coast Conference (WCC) — known as the California Basketball Association from 1952 to 1956 and then as the West Coast Athletic Conference until 1989 — is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with NCAA Division I consisting of 10 member schools across the states of California, Colorado, Oregon, and Washington. All of the full members are private institutions, with all but one being faith-based. Seven members are Catholic Church affiliates, with four of these schools being Jesuit institutions. Pepperdine is an affiliate of the Churches of Christ. The University of the Pacific (which rejoined in 2013 after a 42-year absence) is affiliated with the United Methodist Church, although it has been financially independent of the church since 1969. The only secular institution is the University of Denver, which joined in 2026. Although founded by Methodists, it has been nonsectarian from its founding.

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