Southwest Conference
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The Southwest Conference was a historic college athletic conference in the south-central United States, best known for featuring major Texas universities in NCAA competition before disbanding in the mid-1990s.
All labels observed (7)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T162168 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Southwest Conference Context triple: [Rice Owls, formerConference, Southwest Conference]
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Big 12 Conference
The Big 12 Conference is a major NCAA Division I collegiate athletic conference in the United States, recognized as one of the top-tier "Power Five" leagues in college sports.
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Sun Belt
The Sun Belt is a region of the United States stretching across the South and Southwest, known for its warm climate, rapid population growth, and significant economic development.
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Great Midwest Conference
The Great Midwest Conference was a former NCAA Division I athletic conference that operated in the early 1990s, primarily featuring universities from the Midwestern United States before its members were absorbed into Conference USA.
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Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is a prominent collegiate athletic conference in the United States, known especially for its powerhouse football programs and member universities primarily located in the southeastern region of the country.
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C-USA
C-USA is the commonly used abbreviation for Conference USA, an NCAA Division I collegiate athletic conference in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Southwest Conference Target entity description: The Southwest Conference was a historic college athletic conference in the south-central United States, best known for featuring major Texas universities in NCAA competition before disbanding in the mid-1990s.
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A.
Big 12 Conference
The Big 12 Conference is a major NCAA Division I collegiate athletic conference in the United States, recognized as one of the top-tier "Power Five" leagues in college sports.
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Sun Belt
The Sun Belt is a region of the United States stretching across the South and Southwest, known for its warm climate, rapid population growth, and significant economic development.
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Great Midwest Conference
The Great Midwest Conference was a former NCAA Division I athletic conference that operated in the early 1990s, primarily featuring universities from the Midwestern United States before its members were absorbed into Conference USA.
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Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is a prominent collegiate athletic conference in the United States, known especially for its powerhouse football programs and member universities primarily located in the southeastern region of the country.
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C-USA
C-USA is the commonly used abbreviation for Conference USA, an NCAA Division I collegiate athletic conference in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
college athletic conference
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defunct sports organization ⓘ |
| competitionFormat | round-robin scheduling in football for much of its history ⓘ |
| competitionLevel | major college level ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| dissolved | 1996 ⓘ |
| fielded |
baseball teams with College World Series appearances
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basketball teams with NCAA Tournament success ⓘ football champions with national prominence ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Big 12 Conference
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Conference USA ⓘ expanded Western Athletic Conference ⓘ |
| governingBody | National Collegiate Athletic Association ⓘ |
| hadMember |
Baylor University
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Rice University ⓘ Southern Methodist University ⓘ Texas A&M University ⓘ Texas Christian University ⓘ Texas Tech University ⓘ University of Arkansas ⓘ University of Houston ⓘ University of Texas at Austin ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Dallas, Texas ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
| inception | 1914 ⓘ |
| legacy |
influence on Texas college sports culture
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rivalries among major Texas universities ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Texas ⓘ |
| mediaCoverage | regional television contracts ⓘ |
| memberOf | NCAA Division I ⓘ |
| nickname | SWC ⓘ |
| notableEvent | departure of University of Arkansas to Southeastern Conference in 1991 ⓘ |
| notableFor |
baseball
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major college football ⓘ men's basketball ⓘ track and field ⓘ |
| reasonForDissolution |
conference realignment
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television revenue shifts ⓘ |
| region |
South-central United States
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linked to:
South Central United States
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| shortName | SWC ⓘ |
| sport | college athletics ⓘ |
| sportDiscipline |
American football
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baseball ⓘ basketball ⓘ track and field ⓘ |
| subdivision |
NCAA Division I-A football
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linked to:
Football Bowl Subdivision
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Southwest Conference Description of subject: The Southwest Conference was a historic college athletic conference in the south-central United States, best known for featuring major Texas universities in NCAA competition before disbanding in the mid-1990s.
Referenced by (63)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Southwest Conference
subject linked to:
Owls
linked to: Southwest Conference
linked to: Southwest Conference
subject linked to:
Arkansas Razorbacks basketball
linked to: Southwest Conference
linked to: Southwest Conference
subject linked to:
Cougars
1983 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game
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losingTeamConference
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Southwest Conference
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1984 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game
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houstonConference
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Southwest Conference
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subject linked to:
UH
linked to: Southwest Conference