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Belmont: 

Location: Nashville, Tennessee

Old Conference: Ohio Valley Conference

Men’s basketball NCAA tournament appearances: 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2019

Womens basketball NCAA tournament appearances: 2007, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021

Baseball NCAA tournament appearances: 2011, 2012

Belmont Notable alumni: Russell Dickerson, Tyler Hubbard, Brian Kelley, Brad Paisley, Josh Turner, Lee Ann Womack, Trisha Yearwood,

 

Murray State:

Old Conference: Ohio Valley

Location: Murray, Kentucky

Mens Basketball NCAA tournament appearances: 1964, 1969, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2018, 2019

Womens basketball NCAA tournament appearance: 2008

baseball NCAA tournament appearances: 1975, 1979, 2003

Notable alumni:  Isaiah Canaan, Bud Foster, Justin Fuente, Ronald “Popeye” Jones, Ja Morant, Cameron Payne

 

UIC: 

Old Conference: Horizon League

Location: Chicago, Illinois

Mens basketball NCAA tournament appearances: 1998, 2002, 2004

Womens basketball NCAA tournament appearances: N/A

baseball NCAA tournament appearances: 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2017, 2019

Notable alumni: Adrian D. Smith, Justin Hartley, Mike Nawrocki, James R. Thompson, Shel Silverstein, Curtis Granderson,