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When the Atlantic 10 came into existence in 1976, the University of Massachusetts was a founding member for the then-only basketball conference. As the conference grew to support a multitude of other sports, UMass grew right alongside it. An FCS football powerhouse, UMass elevated itself to the FBS level in early 2011, joining the Mid-American.