Indiana Intercollegiate Conference

This page is about the now defunct Indiana Intercollegiate Conference (IIC).

Indiana Intercollegiate Conference
Established	1922
Dissolved	1950
Association	NCAA
Division	Division II
Members	7 (charter), 13 (total)
Sports fielded	9
Region	Ohio Valley
Headquarters	Terre Haute, Indiana
Locations

The Indiana Intercollegiate Conference (IIC) was a college athletic conference in the United States from 1922 to 1950. It consisted of schools in Indiana.

The charter members of the conference were Indiana State University, Butler University, DePauw University, Earlham College, Franklin, Hanover College, Rose-Hulman.

The following year, University of Indianapolis and Ball State University joined. By the late 1940s, virtually every Indiana college; private or public was a member. The notable exceptions were Purdue University, Indiana University and the University of Notre Dame;^[1] it was at this time that the Conference splintered into two, the Indiana Collegiate Conference made up of the larger schools and the Hoosier College Conference, comprising the smaller schools. The Hoosier College Conference would ultimately evolve into the late 1980s Heartland Conference.

1 History
- 1.1 Early years
- 1.2 Final years
2 Members
- 2.1 Membership timeline
- 2.2 Subsequent conference affiliations
3 Conference champions
4 See also
5 Further reading
6 References

History

Early years

The IIC was formed in July 1922; largely through the work of three officers, the athletic directors at Indiana State Birch Bayh (basketball coach), Purdue (Col. Nelson A. Kellogg) and DePauw (Dr. W. M. Blanchard.) ^[2]

The IIC had many legendary players and coaches over the years. In basketball, John Wooden, Tony Hinkle, and John Longfellow, all served as head coaches in the conference. Some notable IIC players included Duane Klueh, and Dick Atha.

Football was a conference sanctioned sport from 1934-1947,^[3] with the Butler Bulldogs dominating the conference by winning league titles from 1934–1940, as well as in 1946 and 1947.

The Indiana State Sycamores were the class of IIC baseball, winning titles in 1923, 1924, 1930, 1946, 1947, 1949 under Birch Bayh (basketball coach), Walter E. Marks and Paul Wolf.

Final years

The late 1940s and early 1950s saw many of the conference's athletic programs depart for other conferences, however many of the league's programs became part of the Indiana Collegiate Conference which existed until 1978. Many others joined the Hoosier College Conference, which became part of the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference in 1987.

In 1967, some of the official conference records were moved from Terre Haute, Indiana to the campus of DePauw University, becoming part of the Indiana Intercollegiate Conference/Special Collections Library.

Members

Ball State (1923–1950)
Butler (1922–1946)
DePauw (1922–1947)
Earlham (1922–1947)
Evansville (1925–1950)
Franklin (1922–1947)
Hanover (1922–1947)
Indianapolis (1923–1950)
Indiana State (1922–1950)
Manchester (1928–1947)
Rose-Hulman (1922–1947)
Saint Joseph's (1925–1950)
Valparaiso (1925–1950)
Wabash (1925–1947)

Membership timeline

Subsequent conference affiliations

Team	Left For	Current Home
Ball State	Indiana Collegiate Conference	Mid-American Conference
Butler	Indiana Collegiate Conference	Horizon League
DePauw	Hoosier College Conference	North Coast Athletic Conference
Evansville	Indiana Collegiate Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
Earlham	Indiana Collegiate Conference	Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference
Franklin	Indiana Collegiate Conference	Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference
Hanover	Indiana Collegiate Conference	Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference
Indianapolis	Hoosier College Conference	Great Lakes Valley Conference
Indiana State	Indiana Collegiate Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
Manchester	Indiana Collegiate Conference	Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference
Rose-Hulman	Indiana Collegiate Conference	Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference
Valparaiso	Indiana Collegiate Conference	Horizon League
Saint Joseph's	Indiana Collegiate Conference	Great Lakes Valley Conference
Wabash	Hoosier College Conference	North Coast Athletic Conference

Conference champions

Men's Basketball

Indiana State won Men's Basketball titles in 1947, 1948, 1949 and 1950. In 1948, Indiana State was the Runner-Up in the NAIA National title game. In 1950, Indiana State won the NAIA National Title.

Baseball

Indiana State won titles in 1923, 1924, 1930, 1946, 1947, 1949.

Football

Butler was the league powerhouse, winning titles in 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1946 and 1947; they shared the title with Manchester College in 1940.^[4]

No conference championship was awarded in 1943 and 1944 due to World War II.