#MAC FREEDOM CONFERENCE BASKETBALL DIVISION 3 MAC#
Īrcadia University and Manhattanville College joined MAC Freedom for 2007–08. In 1999, the current corporation formed with its three conferences: MAC Commonwealth, MAC Freedom, and Middle Atlantic. An additional 11 members left in 1992 to form the Centennial Conference the football programs for eight of those schools had already left in 1981. At that time, 11 members left to form the Division I East Coast Conference and by 1976, the MAC became fully associated with Division III. A major reduction in the league occurred in 1974 after the NCAA created Divisions I, II, and III. The conference had as many as 37 members at one time in the late 1950s.
Throughout its history, the organization has had at least 50 different members associated with it. In addition, another five members who were not present at the initial meeting but formally approved of the plan were: Columbia University, Johns Hopkins University, Lehigh University, Ursinus College, and Widener University. The original 13 members present at the formation meeting in 1922 were: Bucknell University, Drexel University, Franklin & Marshall College, Gettysburg College, Haverford College, Muhlenberg College, New York University, Princeton University, Rutgers University, Stevens Institute of Technology, Susquehanna University, Swarthmore College, and the University of Delaware. In 1922, it was reorganized as the Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic Conference ( MASCAC or MAC). In 1912, the Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletics Association ( MASCAA) was founded primarily as a track association and had its first event, a track meet, at Lafayette College in May 1913.