NCAA Division III Independent Schools - Basketball Independents (as of March 2012)

Basketball Independents (as of March 2012)

Institution Nickname Location Founded Type Enrollment Football Future Conference
University of California, Santa Cruz Banana Slugs Santa Cruz, California 1965 Public 15,825 No
Covenant College1 Scots (men's)
Lady Scots (women's)		 Lookout Mountain, Georgia 1955 Private/Presbyterian 1,282 No USA South
Finlandia University Lions Hancock, Michigan 1896 Private 500 No
Huntingdon College1 Hawks Montgomery, Alabama 1854 Private/Methodist 1,107 Yes USA South
University of Maine at Presque Isle† Owls Presque Isle, Maine 1903 Public 1,600 No
Mills College^2 Cyclones Oakland, California 1852 Private 1,555 No
Mount Mary College^ Blue Angels Milwaukee, Wisconsin 1913 Private 1,929 No
Nebraska Wesleyan University† Prairie Wolves Lincoln, Nebraska 1887 Private 2,100 Yes
College of New Rochelle^ Blue Angels New Rochelle, New York 1904 Private 6,800 No
North Central University3 Rams Minneapolis, Minnesota 1930 Private 1,338 No
Rust College Bearcats Holly Springs, Mississippi 1866 Private 1,200 No
St. Joseph's College-Brooklyn Campus Bears Brooklyn, New York 1918 Private 1,261 No

^ - Women's college
† - Schools holds dual membership with the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA).
1 - Covenant and Huntingdon are both co-educational colleged, but they're only competing as Independents for men's sports while the women's sports are competing in the Great South Athletic Conference (GSAC) only for the 2012-13 season. Both schools will join the USA South Athletic Conference (USA South) for all sports, effectively on July 1, 2013. 2 - Mills is a non-basketball women's college. 3 - Almost most of North Central's sports teams (except for football) compete in the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) as associate members.

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