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American South Conference

Field	Value
name	American South Conference
logo_size	150
founded	1987
dissolved	1991
association	NCAA
division	Division I
teams	7
headquarters	Metairie, Louisiana
commissioner	Craig Thompson
map	American South Conference-USA-states.png
map_size	250

The American South Conference was an NCAA Division I athletic conference that existed from 1987–88 to 1990–91. The charter members were Arkansas State University, Lamar University, Louisiana Tech University, the University of New Orleans, the University of Southwestern Louisiana (now known as the University of Louisiana at Lafayette) and the University of Texas–Pan American (now merged into the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley). The University of Central Florida (UCF) became the only expansion school during the conference's final academic season before the conference merged with the Sun Belt Conference. The Sun Belt, which was losing all but three members, merged with the American South conference. The combined conference retained the name of the older Sun Belt Conference. Craig Thompson, the American South's first and only commissioner, became commissioner of the merged Sun Belt. After serving as Sun Belt commissioner for eight years, he became commissioner of the newly formed Mountain West Conference in 1998.

In its brief existence, the American South was home to the 1988 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Champion in Louisiana Tech, and also had two men's basketball teams earn NCAA at-large berths, Louisiana Tech in 1989 (defeated LaSalle in NCAA 1st Round) and New Orleans in 1991. Lamar's women's basketball team advanced to the NCAA round of eight in 1991 defeating Texas, LSU, and Arkansas before losing to tournament finalist Virginia.

Member schools

Final members

Institution	Nickname	Location	Founded	Affiliation	Joined	Left	Subsequent
conference(s)	Current
conference
	Red Wolves	Jonesboro, Arkansas	1909	Public	1987	1991	Sun Belt (SBC)
(1991–present)
	Knights	Orlando, Florida	1963	1990	1991	various	Big 12
(2023–present)
Lamar University	Cardinals	Beaumont, Texas	1923	1987	1991	Sun Belt (SBC)
(1991–98)
Western (WAC)
(2021–22)	Southland (SLC)
(1998–2021;
2022–present)
Louisiana Tech University	Bulldogs &
Lady Techsters	Ruston, Louisiana	1894	1987	1991	Sun Belt (SBC)
(1991–2001)
Western (WAC)
(2001–13)	Conf. USA (C-USA)
(2013–present)
(Sun Belt (SBC) by 2027)
	Privateers	New Orleans, Louisiana	1958	1987	1991	Sun Belt (SBC)
(1991–2010)
D-I Independent
(2010–13)	Southland (SLC)
(2013–present)
	Ragin' Cajuns	Lafayette, Louisiana	1898	1987	1991	Sun Belt (SBC)
(1991–present)
	Broncs	Edinburg, Texas	1927	1987	1991	various	Southland (SLC)
(2024–present)

;Notes:

Membership timeline

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Champions

Main article: American South Conference men's basketball tournament

Main article: American South Conference women's basketball tournament

Men's basketball

Regular season

1988 Louisiana Tech, New Orleans
1989 New Orleans
1990 Louisiana Tech, New Orleans
1991 Arkansas State, New Orleans

Conference tournament

1988 Louisiana Tech
1989 Louisiana Tech
1990 New Orleans
1991 Louisiana Tech

Women's basketball

Regular season

1988 Louisiana Tech
1989 Louisiana Tech
1990 Louisiana Tech
1991 Lamar

Conference tournament

1988 Louisiana Tech
1989 Louisiana Tech
1990 Louisiana Tech
1991 Louisiana Tech

Baseball

Regular season

1988 New Orleans
1989 Southwestern Louisiana
1990 Southwestern Louisiana
1991 Southwestern Louisiana

Conference tournament

1988 Southwestern Louisiana
1989 New Orleans
1990 Southwestern Louisiana
1991 Southwestern Louisiana

References

http://www.ncaapublications.com/productdownloads/BK07.pdf
https://web.archive.org/web/20110107153755/http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/AMSO/

Notes

References

(April 9, 1999). "Miscellany". Los Angeles Times.
"Craig Thompson, Commissioner". Mountain West Conference.
"GSC Admits UNO for Conference Membership".
Daniels, Ed. "UNO Athletics to remain Division I in NCAA". SportsNOLA.com.

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