National Collegiate Boxing Association
The National Collegiate Boxing Association is a non-profit college sports organization that organizes boxing fights for student athletes. The association falls under the auspices of USA Boxing. After 1960, the National [Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA] no longer sanctioned boxing. In response, the NCBA was founded in 1976.
NCBA member schools are encouraged to develop their instructional and intramural programs with emphasis on the teaching of fundamental novice boxing skills. In order to be eligible to participate in an NCBA member school, a collegiate boxer must be a full-time student at an accredited institution at which he/she is attending for graduation.
Participating schools
Participating schools are divided into three sub-associations, by region:- Crandall University
- Drexel University
- Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
- Lock Haven University
- Norwich University
- Pennsylvania State University
- Pennsylvania State University - Harrisburg
- Salisbury University
- Shippensburg University
- Trinity College
- United States Military Academy
- University of Hartford
- University of Massachusetts - Amherst
- University of Connecticut
Midwest Collegiate Boxing Association
- Iowa State University
- Miami University (Ohio)
- Ohio State University
- United States Naval Academy
- University of Cincinnati
- University of Kansas
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- West Virginia University
- University of Iowa
Far West Collegiate Boxing Association
- Boise State University
- California State University, Northridge
- San José State University
- Santa Clara University
- United States Air Force Academy
- University of California, Berkeley
- University of California, Irvine
- University of California, Davis
- University of California, Los Angeles
- University of San Francisco
- University of Southern California
- University of Nevada, Reno
- University of Nevada, Las Vegas
- University of Washington
- University of Oregon
- University of Utah
- Oregon State University
National tournament
Source:Contestants for the national tournament are decided by a regional tournament for each NCBA region, with the first- and second-place boxer from each weight class in each region advancing to the national tournament. It is possible for a boxer to advance to nationals by walkover if they have no opponent.
At nationals, the team scoring is conducted as follows:
- Each team automatically receives 1 point.
- Each boxer who wins a quarterfinal match earns 1 point for their team.
- Each boxer who wins a semi-final match earns 3 points for their team.
- Each boxer who wins a final match earns 5 points for their team.