The North Star Conference or NSC was a women's conference in the NCAA. The conference existed from the 1983–84 school year through the 1991–92 school year. Originally announced in 1983, the conference was formed by charter members Butler, Dayton, DePaul, Detroit, Evansville, Loyola (Chicago), Notre Dame, and Xavier. Although the conference was to offer competition in cross country, softball, swimming, tennis, and volleyball, the conference was created primarily as a basketball conference. With the exception of Butler and Dayton, all charter members' women's basketball teams were already competing at the NCAA Division I level; Butler and Dayton upgraded their teams from NCAA Division II and commenced competition in the conference's second season. The conference was effectively absorbed by the Mid-Continent Conference (now known as The Summit League), as six of its final seven members moved their women's sports to that organization (the remaining member, Akron, moved all its sports for both sexes to the Mid-American Conference).
Membership Akron 1988-1989 through 1991-1992 Butler 1984-1985 through 1985-1986 Cleveland State 1988-1989 through 1991-1992 Dayton 1984-1985 through 1987-1988 DePaul 1983-1984 through 1990-1991 Detroit 1983-1984 through 1985-1986 Evansville 1983-1984 through 1985-1986 Illinois-Chicago 1988-1989 through 1991-1992 Loyola (Illinois) 1983-1984 through 1985-1986 Marquette 1986-1987 through 1988-1989 Northern Illinois 1987-1988 through 1991-1992 Notre Dame 1983-1984 through 1987-1988 Valparaiso 1987-1988 through 1991-1992 Wisconsin-Green Bay 1988-1989 through 1991-1992 Wright State 1990-1991 through 1991-1992 Xavier 1983-1984 through 1985-1986
Membership timeline
Commissioner Jean Lenti Ponsetto (1987–1989) Arnie Fielkow (1989–1991) Phyllis Holmes (1991–1992)
Women's Basketball Conference Champions Regular season Season Teams School1984 6 Loyola (Illinois)1985 8 Notre Dame1986 8 Notre Dame1987 4 DePaul1988 6 DePaul1989 8 Northern Illinois/DePaul1990 7 Northern Illinois1991 8 Wisconsin-Green Bay1992 7 Wisconsin-Green Bay
Conference Tournament Season Teams Champion 1989 8 DePaul 1990 7 Northern Illinois 1991 8 DePaul 1992 7 Northern Illinois
Honors Coach of the Year 1983-84 1984-85 Mary DiStanislao, Notre Dame 1985-86 Mary DiStanislao, Notre Dame 1986-87 1987-88 Muffet McGraw, Notre Dame 1988-89 Jane Albright-Dieterle, Northern Illinois 1989-90 Jane Albright-Dieterle, Northern Illinois 1990-91 1991-92
Player of the Year 1983-84 1984-85 1985-86 Trena Keys, Notre Dame 1986-87 Trena Keys, Notre Dame 1987-88 1988-89 1989-90 Carol Owens, Northern Illinois 1990-91 Lisa Foss, Northern Illinois 1991-92
Attendance Season Teams G/S Attendance P/G Net Total 1984 6 57 18,694 328 UP 1,329 1985 8 89 23,198 261 DN 2,767 1986 8 95 21,662 228 DN 1,536 1987 4 50 14,678 294 UP 1,224 1988 6 64 23,870 373 UP 9,192 1989 8 94 41,514 442 UP 17,644 1990 7 85 53,752 632 UP 16,336 1991 8 88 53,675 610 DN 77 1992 7 76 48,155 634 Up 18,195
Women's Volleyball Conference Champions Regular season Season Number of Teams School 1983 6 1984 8 1985 8 1986 4 1987 6 1988 8 Northern Illinois 1989 7 1990 8 1991 7
Conference Tournament Season Teams Champion 1988 8 Northern Illinois 1989 7 1990 8 1991 7
References
External links NCAA - Basketball Record Books