| game_id |
integer |
A unique identifier for each game. |
| 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_label |
character |
A string identifying the two years that one college
basketball season spans, e.g. ““20242025”“. |
| 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. |
| conference_game |
logical |
A boolean indicating that the game took place between
opponents of the same conference during conference play. |
| neutral_site |
logical |
A boolean indicating that the game took place in a
neutral site. |
| is_home |
logical |
A boolean indicating that the player is playing at
their home court. |
| 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”“). |
| game_notes |
character |
Miscellaneous notes about the game, such as the
tournament the game is played under. |
| team_id |
integer |
A unique identifier for the team the player plays
for. |
| team_name |
character |
The name of the team the player plays for. |
| team_conference_short_name |
character |
The name of the conference of the player’s team. |
| team_seed |
integer |
If reported, the seed of the player’s team in the
tournament that the game takes in. |
| opponent_id |
integer |
A unique identifier for the player’s opponent
team. |
| opponent_name |
character |
The name of the player’s opponent team. |
| opponent_conference_short_name |
character |
The name of the conference of the player’s opponent
team. |
| opponent_seed |
integer |
If reported, the seed of the player’s opponent team in
the tournament that the game takes in. |
| game_minutes |
integer |
The number of minutes played in the game. For a game
with no overtime, this should be 40 minutes. |
| game_pace |
numeric |
The number of possessions in the game divided by 40
minutes. |
| athlete_id |
integer |
A unique identifier for each player. |
| athlete_source_id |
character |
The unique identifier for each player from the data
source CBBD scrapes from. |
| athlete_name |
character |
The name of the player. |
| athlete_position |
character |
The player’s position. |
| starter |
logical |
A boolean indicating whether the player started the
game or not. |
| ejected |
logical |
A boolean indicating whether the player was ejected
from the game or not. |
| minutes |
integer |
How many minutes the player played. |
| points |
integer |
How many points the player scored. |
| turnovers |
integer |
How many turnovers the player committed. |
| fouls |
integer |
How many fouls the player committed. |
| assists |
integer |
How many assists the player recorded. |
| steals |
integer |
How many steals the player recorded. |
| blocks |
integer |
How many blocks the player recorded. |
| game_score |
numeric |
The Hollinger game score for the player, a measure of
how impressive a player’s individual performance was in a game.
Developed by John Hollinger, you can see more details here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hollinger#Hollinger_game_score
|
| offensive_rating |
numeric |
A metric created by Dean Oliver to measure how many
points per 100 possessions a player generates on offense. For more
details, see here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Offensive_rating
|
| defensive_rating |
numeric |
A metric created by Dean Oliver to measure how many
points per 100 possessions a player suppresses from their opponent on
defense. For more details, see here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defensive_rating
|
| net_rating |
numeric |
Offensive rating minus defensive rating, reflecting an
estimates of how many points per 100 possession a player contributes on
offense and defense. |
| usage |
numeric |
An estimate of the percentage of plays that involved a
player while the player was on the floor. For more details, see here: https://resources.wolframcloud.com/FormulaRepository/resources/Basketball-Usage-Rate
|
| effective_field_goal_pct |
numeric |
An adjusted statistic that reflects the value of
three-pointers relative to all other baskets by weighing three points
more, representing a player’s shooting efficiency. For more details, see
here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effective_field_goal_percentage
|
| true_shooting_pct |
numeric |
An adjusted statistic that reflects a player’s skill at
shooting three-pointers, two-pointers, and free throws. For more
details, see here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_shooting_percentage
|
| assists_turnover_ratio |
numeric |
The number of assists a player records divided by the
number of turnovers they commit. This metric is commonly used to
evaluate the accuracy of a player’s passing. |
| free_throw_rate |
numeric |
The number of free throws a player attempted divded by
the number of field goals a player attempted. This metric is commonly
used to evaluate a player’s ability to draw personal fouls. |
| offensive_rebound_pct |
numeric |
An estimate of the rate at which a player secured
offensive reboulds, measured as OREB / the total number of balls that a
player could have rebounded. For more details, see here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebound_rate
|
| field_goals_made |
integer |
The number of shots from the floor a player made. |
| field_goals_attempted |
integer |
The number of shots from the floor a player
attempted. |
| field_goals_pct |
numeric |
The number of field goals made divided by the number of
field goals attempted. |
| two_point_field_goals_made |
integer |
The number of two-point shots a player made. |
| two_point_field_goals_attempted |
integer |
The number of two-point shots a player attempted. |
| two_point_field_goals_pct |
numeric |
The number of two-point shots a player made divded by
the number of two-point shots they attempted. |
| three_point_field_goals_made |
integer |
The number of three-point shots a player made. |
| three_point_field_goals_attempted |
integer |
The number of three-point shots a player
attempted. |
| three_point_field_goals_pct |
numeric |
The number of three-point shots a player made divided
by the number of three-point shots they attempted. |
| free_throws_made |
integer |
The number of free throw shots a player made. |
| free_throws_attempted |
integer |
The number of free throw shots a player attempted. |
| free_throws_pct |
numeric |
The number of free throw shots a player made divded by
the number of free throw shots they attempted. |
| rebounds_offensive |
integer |
The number of offensive rebounds a player
recorded. |
| rebounds_defensive |
integer |
The number of defensive rebounds a player
recorded. |
| rebounds_total |
integer |
The total number of rebounds a player recorded,
offensive and defensive. |