South Carolina Little Three

The South Carolina Little Three (known as the South Carolina Little Four from 1946 to 1951) was an

Colonial Athletic Association

, but the post-season basketball tournament was always for the South Carolina Little Four and the College of Charleston was not invited.

Members

The following is an incomplete list of the membership of the South Carolina Little Four Conference.

Institution	Location	Founded	Nickname	Joined	Left	Current conference
College of Charleston	Charleston, South Carolina	1770	Cougars	1946	1953	Colonial Athletic Association
Erskine College	Due West, South Carolina	1839	Flying Fleet	1946	1951 (football) 1962	Conference Carolinas
Newberry College	Newberry, South Carolina	1856	Wolves	1946	1964	South Atlantic
Presbyterian College	Clinton, South Carolina	1851	Blue Hose	1946	1964	Big South
Wofford College	Spartanburg, South Carolina	1854	Terriers	1946	1964	Southern

Season	Regular season champion
1947	Wofford^[2]
1948	Wofford^[3]
1949	Erskine^[4] †
1950	Erskine^[5]
1951	Presbyterian^[6]
1952	Wofford^[7]
1953	Wofford^[8]
1954	Erskine
1955	Presbyterian
1956	Erskine
1957	Erskine and Presbyterian
1958	Newberry
1959	Newberry, Presbyterian, and Wofford
1960	Wofford†
1961	Newberry†
1962	Erskine

Season	Postseason tournament champion
1947	No postseason tournament
1948	No postseason tournament
1949	No postseason tournament
1950	Erskine
1951	Presbyterian
1952	Presbyterian
1953	Wofford
1954	Erskine
1955	Presbyterian
1956	Presbyterian
1957	Erskine
1958	Erskine
1959	Wofford
1960	Wofford†
1961	Newberry†
1962	Newberry

† = Qualified to the

NAIA Men's Basketball Championships

^ South Carolina Little Three Archived 2015-09-06 at the Wayback Machine, College Football Data Warehouse, retrieved October 26, 2015.
^ "Birds, Terriers on Top as State Cage Year Ends", Times and Democrat, Orangeburg, SC, p. 11, March 3, 1947
^ "Carolina and Wofford Lead in Basketball", Greenville News, Greenville, SC, p. 6, March 1, 1948
^ "Fleet to Play Lenoir-Rhyne For K.C. Bid", Greenville News, Greenville, SC, p. 8, February 28, 1949
^ "Carolina Gains Laurels as Top State Quintet", Florence Morning News, Florence, SC, p. 8, March 1, 1950
^ "PC Has State's Best Over-all Season Record", Florence Morning News, Florence, SC, p. 5, February 26, 1951
^ "State Cagers Have 3 Games Left on Slate", Greenville News, Greenville, SC, p. 7, February 25, 1952
^ "Furman Cops Big 4 Honors", Greenville News, Greenville, SC, p. 8, March 2, 1953