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Conference Carolinas (known as CC) is a conference participating in the NCAA's Division II.
CC was founded in 1930 as the North State Intercollegiate Conference by seven North Carolina schools. During its first years, it was known informally as the Old North State Conference. When the conference added the South Carolina school Newberry as its first out-of-state member in 1961, it changed its name to the Carolinas Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (CIAC), informally the Carolinas Conference. The next name change, to Carolinas–Virginia Athletic Conference (CVAC), came with the arrival of Longwood, the league's first member in Virginia, in 1995. The current name of Conference Carolinas was adopted in 2007.
Current members[]
| Institution | Location | Type | Nickname | Joined |
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| Barton College | Wilson, North Carolina | Private (Disciples of Christ) | Bulldogs | 1930 |
| Belmont Abbey College | Belmont, North Carolina | Private (Catholic) | Crusaders | 1989 |
| Chowan University | Murfreesboro, North Carolina | Private (Baptist) | Hawks | 2019 |
| Converse University | Spartanburg, South Carolina | Private (nonsectarian) | Valkyries | 2007 |
| Emmanuel College | Franklin Springs, Georgia | Private (Pentecostal) | Lions | 2018 |
| Erskine College | Due West, South Carolina | Private (Reformed Presbyterian) | Flying Fleet | 1995 |
| Francis Marion University | Florence, South Carolina | Public | Patriots | 2021 |
| King University | Bristol, Tennessee | Private (Evangelical Presbyterian) | Tornados | 2011 |
| Lees–McRae College | Banner Elk, North Carolina | Private (Presbyterian) | Bobcats | 1993 |
| University of Mount Olive | Mount Olive, North Carolina | Private (Free Will Baptist) | Trojans | 1988 |
| North Greenville University | Tigerville, South Carolina | Private (Baptist) | Crusaders | 2011 |
| Southern Wesleyan University | Central, South Carolina | Private (Wesleyan) | Warriors | 2016 |
| University of North Carolina at Pembroke | Pembroke, North Carolina | Public (UNC) | Braves | 2021 |
- Converse, traditionally a women's college, became fully coeducational in the 2021–22 school year, and started fielding men's sports teams at that time. Basketball is among Converse's initial set of men's sports.
- UNC Pembroke had been a conference member from 1976 to 1992 under its former name of Pembroke State University.
Former members[]
- Anderson (SC) (1998–2010)
- Appalachian State (1930–1988)
- Catawba (1930–1989)
- Coker (1989–2013)
- East Carolina (1947–1962)
- Elon (1930–1989)
- Guilford (1930–1988)
- High Point (1930–1997)
- Lenoir–Rhyne (1930–1975, 1984–1989)
- Limestone (1988–2020)
- Longwood (1995–2004)
- Mars Hill (1972–1975, 1987–1989)
- Newberry (1961–1972)
- Pfeiffer (1960–2017)
- Presbyterian (1965–1973)
- Queens (NC) (1995–2013)
- St. Andrews (1988–2012)
- Western Carolina (1933–1969)
- Wingate (1979–1989)