Question: The Tulsa Golden Hurricane will join an American collegiate athletic conference, featuring how many member universities?
Context: The 1996 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team represented the University of Tulsa during the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season.  In their ninth year under head coach David Rader, the Golden Hurricane compiled a 4–7 record.  In the teams first season as members of the Western Athletic Conference the team finished seventh in the Mountain Divsision with a 2–6 conference record.  The team's statistical leaders included quarterback Troy DeGar with 1,336 passing yards, Reggie Williams with 759 rushing yards, and Wes Caswell with 817 receiving yards. The 2016 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team represented the University of Tulsa in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season.  The Golden Hurricane played their home games at Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and competed in the West Division of American Athletic Conference (AAC).  They were led by second-year head coach Philip Montgomery.  They finished the season 10–3, 6–2 in America Athletic play to finish in second place in the West Division.  They were invited to the Miami Beach Bowl where they defeated Central Michigan. The Tulsa Golden Hurricane women's basketball team represents the University of Tulsa in women's basketball.  The school competes in the American Athletic Conference in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).  The Golden Hurricane play home basketball games at the Reynolds Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The Golden Hurricanes are the athletic teams that represent the University of Tulsa.  These teams are referred to as the Tulsa Golden Hurricane (or variously as Hurricane, TU or Tulsa).  Before adopting the name Golden Hurricane in 1922, the University of Tulsa (TU) had many unofficial team nicknames including Kendallites (from TU's predecessor institution Henry Kendall College), Presbyterians (from the university's founding by the Presbyterian Church), Tulsans, Tigers, Orange and Black and Yellow Jackets.  The name "Golden Tornadoes" was chosen by TU football coach H.M. Archer (1922–24) based on new gold and black uniforms (rather than the previous orange and black) and a remark made during practice of the team "roaring through opponents" (during a season when TU went undefeated, including wins over Texas A&M and the University of Arkansas).  However, it was quickly discovered that the same name had been chosen in 1917 by Georgia Tech.  Archer then substituted the term "hurricane" for "tornado" and a team vote prior to leaving for the game against Texas A&M confirmed the official nickname as "Golden Hurricane". The 1999 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team represented the University of Tulsa during the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season.  In their 12th year under head coach David Rader, the Golden Hurricane compiled a 2–9 record, 1–6 against conference opponents, and finished in last place in the Western Athletic Conference.  The team's statistical leaders included quarterback Josh Blankenship with 1,416 passing yards, John Mosley with 873 rushing yards, and Damon Savage with 752 receiving yards. The 2013 Conference USA men's soccer season will be the 19th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.  The season will mark the arrival of the Charlotte 49ers from the Atlantic 10 Conference, the Florida Atlantic Owls from the Mid-American Conference, the New Mexico Lobos from the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation, and the Old Dominion Monarchs from the Colonial Athletic Association.  It will also be the last C-USA season for the Tulsa Golden Hurricane, which will join the American Athletic Conference in July 2014.  The 2013 Conference USA Men's Soccer Tournament will be held November 13–17 at Transamerica Field in Charlotte. The Tulsa Golden Hurricane men's basketball team represents the University of Tulsa in Tulsa, in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.  The team participates in the American Athletic Conference.  The Golden Hurricane hired Frank Haith from Missouri on April 17, 2014 to replace Danny Manning, who had resigned to take the Wake Forest job after the 2013–14 season. The Tulsa Golden Hurricane football program represents the University of Tulsa in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) level.  Tulsa has competed in the American Athletic Conference (The American) since the 2014 season and was previously a member of Conference USA (C-USA).  The team is currently led by head coach Philip Montgomery.  Tulsa plays its home games at Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium in Tulsa, Oklahoma.  The University of Tulsa has the smallest undergraduate enrollment of all schools that participate at the FBS level. The Tulsa Golden Hurricane men's soccer team is an intercollegiate varsity sports team of the University of Tulsa.  The team is a member of the American Athletic Conference (The American) in the National Collegiate Athletic Association.  In the last two decades, Tulsa has been regularly ranked in the Top 25 NSCAA Collegiate men's soccer poll. The American Athletic Conference (also known as The American and sometimes abbreviated AAC) is an American collegiate athletic conference, featuring 12 member universities and three associate member universities that compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) Division I, with its football teams competing in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS).  Member universities represent a range of private and public universities of various enrollment sizes located primarily in urban metropolitan areas in the Northeastern, Midwestern, Western, and Southern regions of the United States.
Answer: 12