Sunshine State Conference

The Sunshine State Conference (SSC) is an NCAA Division II collegiate athletic conference based in Florida, United States. The NCAA directory records the conference’s Division II membership from 1975, and its official history traces its formation to a basketball-focused meeting held that year. The conference now administers men’s and women’s basketball alongside its other collegiate sports. Its official basketball service publishes fixtures, standings, results, team and individual statistics, awards, records and postseason information. In the 2025–26 men’s basketball season, the SSC’s conference statistics covered 11 member programmes: Barry, Eckerd, Embry-Riddle, Florida Southern, Florida Tech, Lynn, Nova Southeastern, Palm Beach Atlantic, Rollins, Saint Leo and Tampa. The SSC’s official historical record notes that its first contest was a men’s basketball game in December 1975 and that women’s basketball competition was introduced in 1982. This record covers the conference’s basketball activity rather than its other NCAA sports.