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Colby–Bates–Bowdoin
The Colby-Bates-Bowdoin Consortium (CBB) is an athletic conference and Consortium, academic consortium between three private Liberal arts college, liberal arts colleges in the U.S. State of Maine. The group consists of Colby College in Waterville, Maine, Waterville, Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, Lewiston, and Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, Brunswick. In allusion to the Big Three (colleges), Big Three of the Ivy League, Colby, Bates, and Bowdoin are collectively known the "Maine Big Three", a Word play, play on words with the words "Maine" and "main". The school names are ordered by their geographical organization in Maine (north to south). The colleges contest the C-B-B Trophy in three-way football games in the Fall of their respective academic years. As of the 2023–24 season, Bowdoin Polar Bears, Bowdoin leads the conference in wins, with 20; Colby Mules, Colby has 17 and Bates Bobcats, Bates has won 13. Colby holds the record for the longest streak of consecutive win ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colby-Bates-Bowdoin Chase Regatta
The Colby–Bates–Bowdoin Chase Regatta (often abbreviated CBB Chase or the "Chase Regatta") is an annual rowing regatta between the men's and women's heavyweight varsity and club rowing crews of Colby College, Colby, Bates College, Bates, and Bowdoin College. The colleges have competed in the regatta since August 3, 1988, but have competed annually since August 3, 1997, when Bates President Thomas Hedley Reynolds instated the President's Cup to be contested by all three of the CBB schools. The President's Cup is given to the team that has won the most overall heats and races, while the overall winner is determined by who won the most varsity and heavyweight competitions in the regatta. All three of the schools compete against each other in the Colby-Bates-Bowdoin Consortium (CBBC) and the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC). The consortium also features an academic exchange and other sports, most notably American football. Rowing is the most active boat sport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletic Conference
An athletic conference is a collection of sports teams which play competitively against each other in a sports league. In many cases conferences are subdivided into smaller Division (sport), divisions, with the best teams competing at successively higher levels. Conferences often, but not always, include teams from a common geographic region. Australian rules football The AFL Women's competition used a non-geographic conference system in 2019 AFL Women's season, 2019 and 2020 AFL Women's season, 2020. The league was divided into two conferences, based on ladder position in the previous season. Not every team could play each other due to the limited number of rounds, so conferences were introduced so that teams were only measured against the teams they played. The system was controversial because it allowed some weak teams to make finals, and strong teams from the other conference missed out on finals. It was because of this that the conference system was removed for the 2021 AFL Wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maine Intercollegiate Athletic Association
The Maine Intercollegiate Athletic Association, also known as the Maine Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, was an intercollegiate athletic football conference that existed from 1893 to 1973. The conference's four members were all located in the state of Maine. Maine was a joint member of the MIAA and the Yankee Conference from 1947 to 1964; the remaining three colleges now constitute the Colby-Bates-Bowdoin Consortium and compete in the New England Small College Athletic Conference. Members Champions *1893 – Bowdoin *1894 – Bowdoin *1895 – Bowdoin *1896 – Bowdoin *1897 – Bates and Colby *1898 – Bates *1899 – Bates *1900 – Bates & Bowdoin *1901 – Maine Maine ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the United States, and the northeasternmost state in the Contiguous United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Provinces and ... *1902 – Maine *1903 – Maine *1904 – Bowdoin *1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
