page_title: Big South Conference
section_title: Sports
hierarchical_section_title: Big South Conference / Sports
caption_attribution_description: English: This is a graphic of the locations of Big South Conference full member institutions, as of 2016. It is based on a public domain map located here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ABlank_US_map_borders.svg
context_page_description: The Big South Conference is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division I. Originally a non-football conference, the Big South began sponsoring football in 2002 as part of the Football Championship Subdivision. The Big South, founded in 1983, is firmly rooted in the South Atlantic region of the United States, with full member institutions located in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia. Associate members are located in Alabama, Georgia, and New Jersey.
context_section_description: The Big South sponsors championship competition in nine men's and ten women's NCAA sanctioned sports. Davidson has competed as an associate member in women's lacrosse, but left in 2014 when the school joined the lacrosse-sponsoring Atlantic 10 Conference. Stony Brook has competed as an associate in football, but left in 2013 for membership in the Colonial Athletic Association. Three schools, Kennesaw State, Monmouth, and North Alabama, are currently associates in football.
caption: Locations of Big South Conference member institutions, as of 2018.
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