| game_id |
integer |
A unique identifier for each game. |
| game_source_id |
character |
The unique identifier for each game from the data
source CBBD scrapes from. |
| season_label |
character |
A string identifying the two years that one college
basketball season spans, e.g. ““20242025”“. |
| season |
integer |
An integer corresponding to a season of college
basketball. CBBD’s convention is to use the year in which the
championship takes place, so if a game took place in the fall of 2024,
the season would be recorded as ““2025”“. |
| season_type |
character |
A string identifying whether the tracked game is a
““regular”” season game or a ““postseason”” game. |
| tournament |
character |
If the game takes place as a part of a tournament, this
identifies the tournament. |
| start_date |
character |
The start date and time, given in ISO 8601 format in
the GMT time zone. |
| start_time_tbd |
logical |
A boolean indicating whether the game time has not yet
been scheduled. |
| neutral_site |
logical |
A boolean indicating that the game took place in a
neutral site. |
| conference_game |
logical |
A boolean indicating that the game took place between
opponents of the same conference during conference play. |
| game_type |
character |
A string indicating whether the game took place as a
normal, regular season game (““STD”“), or whether the game took place as
a part of a tournament (”“TRNMNT”“). Tournament games include both
regular season and postseason tournaments. For earlier years, this
column will sometimes represent the round of the March Madness
tournament that a game took place in
(”“RD64”“,”“RD32”“,”“RD16”“,”“QTR”“,”“SEMI”“,”“FINAL”“). |
| status |
character |
A string indicating whether a game is ““scheduled”” or
has gone ““final”“. Because of the pre-caching work that drives
cbbreadr, this column may not always be up to date, but is generally
accurate 24 hours away in either direction from the start of the
game. |
| game_notes |
character |
Miscellaneous notes about the game, such as the
tournament the game is played under. |
| attendance |
integer |
The attendance of the game. In some circumstances,
attendance is not reported for a game–this is reported as attendance =
0. |
| home_team_id |
integer |
A unique identifier for the home team. |
| home_team_name |
character |
The name of the home team. |
| home_conference_id |
integer |
A unique identifier for the conference of the home
team. |
| home_conference_short_name |
character |
The name of the home team’s conference. |
| home_seed |
integer |
If reported, the seed of the home team in the
tournament that the game takes in. |
| home_points |
integer |
The number of points the home team scored in the
game. |
| home_period_points_1 |
integer |
The number of points the home team scored in the first
period. |
| home_period_points_2 |
integer |
The number of points the home team scored in the second
period. |
| home_period_points_3 |
integer |
The number of points the home team scored in the first
overtime period. If the game did not go to overtime, this value is
NULL. |
| home_period_points_4 |
integer |
The number of points the home team scored in the second
overtime period. If the game did not go to 2 OT, this value is
NULL. |
| home_period_points_5 |
integer |
The number of points the home team scored in the third
overtime period. If the game did not go to 3OT, this value is NULL. |
| home_period_points_6 |
integer |
The number of points the home team scored in the fourth
overtime period. If the game did not go to 4OT, this value is NULL. |
| home_period_points_7 |
integer |
The number of points the home team scored in the fith
overtime period. If the game did not go to 5OT, this value is NULL. |
| home_winner |
logical |
A boolean indicating whether the home team won or
not. |
| away_team_id |
integer |
A unique identifier for the away team. |
| away_team_name |
character |
The name of the away team. |
| away_conference_id |
integer |
A unique identifier for the conference of the away
team. |
| away_conference_short_name |
character |
The name of the away team’s conference. |
| away_seed |
integer |
If reported, the seed of the away team in the
tournament that the game takes in. |
| away_points |
integer |
The number of points the away team scored in the
game. |
| away_period_points_1 |
integer |
The number of points the away team scored in the first
period. |
| away_period_points_2 |
integer |
The number of points the away team scored in the second
period. |
| away_period_points_3 |
integer |
The number of points the away team scored in the first
overtime period. If the game did not go to overtime, this value is
NULL. |
| away_period_points_4 |
integer |
The number of points the away team scored in the second
overtime period. If the game did not go to 2 OT, this value is
NULL. |
| away_period_points_5 |
integer |
The number of points the away team scored in the third
overtime period. If the game did not go to 3OT, this value is NULL. |
| away_period_points_6 |
integer |
The number of points the away team scored in the fourth
overtime period. If the game did not go to 4OT, this value is NULL. |
| away_period_points_7 |
integer |
The number of points the away team scored in the fifth
overtime period. If the game did not go to 5OT, this value is NULL. |
| away_winner |
logical |
A boolean indicating whether the away team won or
not. |
| excitement |
numeric |
From the CFBD glossary: ““Measures the game’s
entertainment value by tracking swings in win probability. Larger swings
result in a higher score.”” |
| venue_id |
integer |
A unique identifier for the venue where the game took
place. |
| venue |
character |
The name of the venue. |
| venue_city |
character |
The city where the venue is located. |
| venue_state |
character |
The state in which the venue is located. |