page_title: Sports in Charlotte, North Carolina
section_title: Collegiate
hierarchical_section_title: Sports in Charlotte, North Carolina / Teams and history / Collegiate
caption_attribution_description: English: Halton Arena has been the on-campus facility for basketball and volleyball since 1996.
context_page_description: Sports in Charlotte, North Carolina have a long and varied history. The city is home to teams at nearly every level of American sports including the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League and Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association. In addition to serving as the home base for several teams the city plays host to many events of national and international importance including the longest race in NASCAR, the annual Coca-Cola 600 and golf's Wells Fargo Championship.
context_section_description: Mecklenburg is home to five collegiate athletic programs and is where the offices of the Big South Conference are based.
  The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, founded in 1946 as the Charlotte Center of the University of North Carolina, is the home of 17 varsity teams known as the Charlotte 49ers. Charlotte has full Division I status and is a member of Conference USA and has participated in the NCAA Tournament 11 times and appeared in 1 Bowl Game.  UNC Charlotte is one of the largest public universities in the state of North Carolina.
  Davidson College, founded in 1837 and based in the eponymous north Mecklenburg town, is the oldest of these institutions and is the home of the Wildcats. A full NCAA Division I program, Davidson is a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference and fields 19 varsity teams.
  Charlotte and Davidson compete in men's basketball for the Hornets' Nest Trophy. Charlotte leads the all-time series 29-17
  Queens University of Charlotte is a private, Presbyterian school based in the Charlotte neighborhood of Myers Park. Queens began life in 1857 as the Charlotte Female Institute. In the 1980s Queens began admitting male students. The Queens Royals play in the South Atlantic Conference at the NCAA Division II level.
  Johnson C. Smith University is an HBCU located near Uptown in Biddleville. JCSU was founded in 1867 and the Golden Bulls play at Division II level as a member of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association.
  A newcomer, the Charlotte campus of Johnson & Wales University was established in 2004. The JWU Wildcats play men's basketball and women's volleyball as independent members of the United States Collegiate Athletic Association.
  The CIAA Basketball Tournament is held in Charlotte every year.  The tournament attracts over 100,000 fans and spectators and has a $55 million economic impact on the city.
  The city is also the home of the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) headquarters. The NJCAA is the second-largest national intercollegiate athletic organization in the United States with over 500 member schools in 43 states.
caption: Dale F. Halton Arena, UNC Charlotte.
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