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Yankee Conference
The Yankee Conference was a collegiate athletic conference, with members located in New England. Massachusetts was a charter member of the conference.
The league formed in 1946, and dissolved for basketball in 1976, although the conference continued as football-only until 1997. In basketball, Massachusetts went from the Yankee Conference to the ECBL (Eastern Collegiate Basketball League), which transformed into the Eastern 8 and ultimately into the Atlantic 10.
Massachusetts won nine Yankee Conference championships in men's basketball: 1961-62, 1967-68, 1968-69, 1969-70, 1970-71, 1972-73, 1973-74, 1974-75, 1975-76. All of those were regular-season championships, as the league did not hold a post-season tournament.
Boston University was a full member from the 1971-72 season until the conference abandoned basketball after the 1975-76 season. BU continued in the league playing football.
Men's Basketball charter members
The Yankee Conference aligned 6 schools into one division.
| School | Location | After Yankee Conference |
|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | Amherst, MA | Joined the ECBL, which evolved into the Atlantic 10. |
| Connecticut | Storrs, CT | Played as an independent until the Big East was formed. |
| Maine | Orono, ME | Played as an independent before joining the ECAC-North, which evolved into the America East. |
| New Hampshire | Durham, NH | |
| Vermont | Burlington, VT | |
| Rhode Island | Kingston, RI | Played as an independent until joining the ECAC-North, then joined the Atlantic 10 for the 1980-81 season. |
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