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The Northern California Baseball Association or NCBA was a baseball-only conference that existed from 1977 to 1984. It was made up of schools from the Big West Conference, then the Pacific Coast Athletic Association (PCAA), and West Coast Conference, then the West Coast Athletic Conference (WCAC). In 1977, the PCAA and WCAC realigned themselves for baseball-only into a north conference (NCBA) and south conference (SCBA). Throughout the eight years of NCBA/SCBA alignment, seven teams competed in the NCBA; all participated in all of the league's seasons except Nevada, which left after the 1983 season. All league titles were claimed by Fresno State or Santa Clara.

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The West Coast Conference (WCC) is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated in NCAA Division I consisting of ten member schools across the states of California, Oregon, Utah and Washington.

The Southern California Baseball Association or SCBA was a baseball-only conference that existed from 1977 to 1984. It was made up of schools from the Big West Conference, then known as the Pacific Coast Athletic Association (PCAA), and West Coast Conference, then known as the West Coast Athletic Conference (WCAC). In 1977, the PCAA and WCAC realigned themselves for baseball only into a north conference (NCBA) and south conference (SCBA). In the league's inaugural season there were seven teams. The next year, UC Irvine joined, and from then until the demise of the conference the membership stood at eight schools. San Diego State left after the 1978 season but was immediately replaced by San Diego, and Cal State Los Angeles left after the next-to-last season of 1983 and was replaced for the league's final season by UNLV, the only non-California member in SCBA history. The SCBA was dominated by Cal State Fullerton who won the league title all eight seasons, while competing in four College World Series and claiming their first two national titles.

Members

InstitutionNicknameLocationFoundedYearsConference for other sportsNCAA Baseball Tournament appearancesCWS Appearances
Fresno State Bulldogs Fresno, California 19111977–1984 PCAA (now in MW)314
Nevada Nevada Reno, Nevada 18741977–1983Independent (now in MW)40
Pacific Tigers Stockton, California 18511977–1984 PCAA (now in WCC)00
Saint Mary's Gaels Moraga, California 18631977–1984 WCAC 00
San Francisco Dons San Francisco, California 18551977–1984 WCAC 10
San Jose State Spartans San Jose, California 18571977–1984 PCAA (now in MW)41
Santa Clara Broncos Santa Clara, California 18511978–1984 WCAC 111

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