 TCU joined the Mountain West Conference (MWC) in 2005.In 2010, TCU accepted an invitation to join the Big East Conference in all sports starting in 2012; however, on October 10, 2011, TCU announced that it had reversed its decision and would be joining the Big 12 (headquartered in another Metroplex city, Irving) in 2012 instead, a move that went into effect July 1.Texas Christian University sponsors teams in nine men's and twelve women's NCAA sanctioned sports.