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The West Coast Conference The baseball portion of the WCC started with five charter members and three associ– ates as LMU, Pepperdine, Saint Mary's, San Francisco and Santa Clara were joined by UC Santa Barbara, Pacific and San Jose State.The conference temporarily split from 1977-84 into the Northern and Southern California Baseball Associations (so divisional play isn't completly foreign to the league),but realigned in 1985 to include San Diego and Nevada in a seven-team league.In 1991,the Wolf Pack departed and a six-team loop existed until Portland and Gonzaga, full members in al l other sports, left the Pac-10 North league to bring the WCC to its full-bodied eight-team set in 1996. This is the eighth year of the current eight-team WCC baseball alignment but the con– ference has determined a champion in the sport annually since 1968. During that time, teams in the WCC have advanced to four CollegeWorld Series, including a national titl e in 1992 (Pepperdine). Five current members -- San Diego, Loyola Marymount, Pepperdine, San Francisco and Santa Clara -- have represented the WCC in NCAA tournament play.These five have an all-time record of 77-86 in the champion ships.Portland and Gonzaga are the only other current members with NCAA tourney experience, most recently Portland had made it in 1991 as the Pacific- 10 North representative. The West Coast Conference cha nged its league baseball format and schedule beginning in 2006. A one-d ivision format will once again be implemented and the eight institu– tion s wi ll compete in a 21-game conference season. This format is a departure from a two-divi sion format, West and Coast, with a 30-game conference schedule that has been used in the WCC since the begining of the 1999 season. Under the one-division, 21-game format, each school will play the other seven opponents one time over the l course of an eig ht-week conference season.Each team wi ll play seven three-game series, with one week serving as the bye week.The top two finishing teamswill play in theWCC 7 Champ;onsh;p Sedes w;th the ,egola,-season champ ,e,v; ng as se,;e,' host

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