Southern California Baseball Association

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 and West Coast Conference. In 1977, the Big West and West Coast 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 for the remaining seven seasons there were exactly 8 teams each year. 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

Institution Nickname Location Founded Years Conference for other sports NCAA Baseball Tournament appearances CWS Appearances
Cal State Fullerton Titans Fullerton, California 1957 1977–1984 Big West Conference 32 16
Cal State LA Golden Eagles Los Angeles, California 1947 1977–1983 Independent (now in California Collegiate Athletic Association) 4 1
Long Beach State 49ers Long Beach, California 1949 1977–1984 Big West Conference 18 4
Loyola Marymount Lions Los Angeles, California 1911 1977–1984 West Coast Conference 8 1
Pepperdine Waves Malibu, California 1937 1977–1984 West Coast Conference 25 2
San Diego Toreros San Diego, California 1949 1979–1984 West Coast Conference 6 0
San Diego State Aztecs San Diego, California 1897 1977–1978 Big West Conference (left to join WAC; now in Mt. West) 9 0
UC Irvine Anteaters Irvine, California 1851 1978–1984 Big West Conference 6 1
UC Santa Barbara Gauchos Santa Barbara, California 1891 1977–1984 Big West Conference 7 0
UNLV Rebels Las Vegas, Nevada 1957 1984 Big West Conference (now in Mt. West) 10 0