Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "The Southwest Conference (SWC) was an NCAA Division I college athletic conference in the United States that existed from 1914 to 1996. Composed primarily of schools from Texas, at various times the conference included schools from Oklahoma and Arkansas as well.For most of its history, the core members of the conference were Texas-based schools plus one in Arkansas, namely Baylor University, Rice University, Southern Methodist University, Texas A&M University, Texas Christian University, the University of Arkansas, and the University of Texas. After a long period of stability, Arkansas left in 1991 to join the Southeastern Conference. Five years later, the conference precipitously broke up as Baylor, Texas, Texas A&M, and Texas Tech (which had entered in 1956) combined with the members of the former Big Eight Conference to form a new powerhouse, the Big 12 Conference, while Rice, SMU, TCU, and Houston (which had entered in the 1970s) found homes in less prominent conferences."@en }
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- Southwest_Conference abstract "The Southwest Conference (SWC) was an NCAA Division I college athletic conference in the United States that existed from 1914 to 1996. Composed primarily of schools from Texas, at various times the conference included schools from Oklahoma and Arkansas as well.For most of its history, the core members of the conference were Texas-based schools plus one in Arkansas, namely Baylor University, Rice University, Southern Methodist University, Texas A&M University, Texas Christian University, the University of Arkansas, and the University of Texas. After a long period of stability, Arkansas left in 1991 to join the Southeastern Conference. Five years later, the conference precipitously broke up as Baylor, Texas, Texas A&M, and Texas Tech (which had entered in 1956) combined with the members of the former Big Eight Conference to form a new powerhouse, the Big 12 Conference, while Rice, SMU, TCU, and Houston (which had entered in the 1970s) found homes in less prominent conferences.".