Athletics
UTSA is San Antonio's only NCAA Division I institution. It competes in 16 intercollegiate sports including football, basketball, cross country, golf, indoor track & field, men's baseball, outdoor track and field, tennis, fencing, women's soccer, women’s softball, and women's volleyball. The university has hosted the men's Final Four three times and the women's Final Four twice. UTSA itself has been in the tournament four times: in 1988, 1999, 2004 and 2011. The home of the Roadrunners basketball team is the Convocation Center, a multi-purpose arena with over 4,000 seats. During its tenure in the conference, UTSA was the Southland men's cross country champion three times and the women's champion five times. The men's and women's cross country teams have competed in the 1997 and 1996 NCAA championships, respectively.
UTSA's main rival is the Texas State University Bobcats. The two universities play each other in a series known as the I-35 Rivalry. Separated by about 50 miles (~80 km), both schools have been conference rivals since 1991, first in the Southland Conference and then in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC). Starting in 2013, UTSA and Texas State will be in different conferences, with UTSA moving to Conference USA (C-USA) and Texas State to the Sun Belt Conference. UTSA will be one of four Texas schools in C-USA, along with the North Texas Mean Green, the Rice Owls and the UTEP Miners. The leadership of both universities have stated their interest in preserving the football rivalry, even as the institutions head into different conferences.
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