The Eastern College Athletic Conference ( ECAC ) is a college athletic conference comprising schools that compete in 15 sports (13 men's and 13 women's). It has 220 member institutions in NCAA Divisions I , II , and III , ranging in location from Maine to South Carolina and west to Missouri. Most or all members belong to at least one other athletic conference .
5-412: ECAC may refer to: Eastern College Athletic Conference , an American college sports conference ECAC Hockey , an American college ice hockey conference European Civil Aviation Conference , an intergovernmental civil air transport organization Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
10-578: The ECAC has organized regional college basketball championship tournaments at the end of the regular season for teams playing at the NCAA Division I , Division II , and Division III levels. It held the Division I tournaments from 1975 to 1982 to provide independent colleges and universities in the northeastern United States with a means of participating in end-of-season tournaments that resulted in
15-471: The title ECAC . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=ECAC&oldid=1222659125 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Eastern College Athletic Conference The ECAC
20-502: The winning team receiving an automatic bid to the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament , similar to the end-of-season tournaments held by conventional athletic conferences. The Division I ECAC tournaments were discontinued after all participating schools joined conferences of their own during the late 1970s and early 1980s. The ECAC also held combined Division II/III regional end-of- season tournaments from 1973 to 1980 and
25-972: Was founded as the Central Office for Eastern Intercollegiate Athletics in 1938, largely through the efforts of James Lynah of Cornell University . In 1983, the Eastern Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (EAIAW) was consolidated into the ECAC. Most member schools are in other conferences as well, but through the ECAC they are able to participate in sports that their main conferences do not offer. Its headquarters are located in Danbury, Connecticut . The ECAC also now offers esports competitions to its member schools. As of fall 2023, there are 78 Division I members. As of fall 2023, there are 7 Division II members. As of spring 2018, there are 79 Division III members. The ECAC has several affiliated single-sport leagues: At various times,
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