Pull in all college basketball games tracked by collegebasketballdata.com
Returns data for all NCAA D1 men's basketball games for the specified seasons. Includes contextual information, such as where the game took place and who it is between, as well as high level box score data, such as the scores of each team.
This will return both games in the past and scheduled games. If a game is scheduled but its opponents have not yet been determined (i.e., the national championship game of the upcoming season), it will not appear in this dataset.
Usage
load_games(seasons = most_recent_season())See also
https://john-b-edwards.github.io/cbbreadr/articles/dictionary_games.html for a web version of the data dictionary
dictionary_games for the data dictionary as bundled within the package
Issues with this data should be filed here: https://github.com/john-b-edwards/cbbd-data/issues
Examples
# \donttest{
try({ # avoid cran errors
load_games()
})
#> game_id game_source_id season_label season season_type tournament
#> <int> <char> <char> <int> <char> <char>
#> 1: 24 401727499 20242025 2025 regular <NA>
#> 2: 27 401715872 20242025 2025 regular <NA>
#> 3: 25 401726400 20242025 2025 regular <NA>
#> 4: 26 401725796 20242025 2025 regular <NA>
#> 5: 28 401726395 20242025 2025 regular <NA>
#> ---
#> 6296: 209747 401758633 20242025 2025 postseason <NA>
#> 6297: 209731 401746081 20242025 2025 postseason NCAA
#> 6298: 209732 401746080 20242025 2025 postseason NCAA
#> 6299: 209749 401758636 20242025 2025 postseason <NA>
#> 6300: 209751 401746082 20242025 2025 postseason NCAA
#> start_date start_time_tbd neutral_site conference_game
#> <char> <lgcl> <lgcl> <lgcl>
#> 1: 2024-11-04T11:00:00.000Z FALSE FALSE FALSE
#> 2: 2024-11-04T12:00:00.000Z FALSE TRUE FALSE
#> 3: 2024-11-04T12:00:00.000Z FALSE FALSE FALSE
#> 4: 2024-11-04T12:00:00.000Z FALSE FALSE FALSE
#> 5: 2024-11-04T12:30:00.000Z FALSE FALSE FALSE
#> ---
#> 6296: 2025-04-05T20:00:00.000Z FALSE TRUE FALSE
#> 6297: 2025-04-05T22:09:00.000Z FALSE TRUE FALSE
#> 6298: 2025-04-06T01:28:00.000Z FALSE TRUE FALSE
#> 6299: 2025-04-06T21:30:00.000Z FALSE TRUE FALSE
#> 6300: 2025-04-08T00:50:00.000Z FALSE TRUE FALSE
#> game_type status game_notes
#> <char> <char> <char>
#> 1: STD final <NA>
#> 2: TRNMNT final Field of 68 Showcase
#> 3: STD final <NA>
#> 4: STD final <NA>
#> 5: STD final <NA>
#> ---
#> 6296: TRNMNT final College Basketball Crown - Semifinals
#> 6297: TRNMNT final Men's Basketball Championship - Final Four
#> 6298: TRNMNT final Men's Basketball Championship - Final Four
#> 6299: TRNMNT final College Basketball Crown Championship Game
#> 6300: TRNMNT final Men's Basketball Championship - National Championship
#> attendance home_team_id home_team_name home_conference_id
#> <int> <int> <char> <int>
#> 1: 3716 115 IU Indianapolis 14
#> 2: 0 273 Southern Illinois 19
#> 3: 7501 171 Middle Tennessee 13
#> 4: 1001 324 UT Arlington 30
#> 5: 2055 128 Jacksonville State 13
#> ---
#> 6296: 2972 338 Villanova 7
#> 6297: 68252 16 Auburn 24
#> 6298: 68252 72 Duke 2
#> 6299: 3314 312 UCF 6
#> 6300: 66602 113 Houston 6
#> home_conference_short_name home_seed home_points home_period_points_1
#> <char> <int> <int> <int>
#> 1: Horizon NA 100 48
#> 2: MVC NA 80 42
#> 3: CUSA NA 97 51
#> 4: WAC NA 90 48
#> 5: CUSA NA 112 55
#> ---
#> 6296: Big East NA 98 44
#> 6297: SEC NA 73 46
#> 6298: ACC NA 67 34
#> 6299: Big 12 NA 66 35
#> 6300: Big 12 NA 63 31
#> home_period_points_2 home_period_points_3 home_period_points_4
#> <int> <int> <int>
#> 1: 52 NA NA
#> 2: 38 NA NA
#> 3: 46 NA NA
#> 4: 42 NA NA
#> 5: 57 NA NA
#> ---
#> 6296: 44 10 NA
#> 6297: 27 NA NA
#> 6298: 33 NA NA
#> 6299: 31 NA NA
#> 6300: 32 NA NA
#> home_period_points_5 home_period_points_6 home_period_points_7
#> <int> <int> <int>
#> 1: NA NA NA
#> 2: NA NA NA
#> 3: NA NA NA
#> 4: NA NA NA
#> 5: NA NA NA
#> ---
#> 6296: NA NA NA
#> 6297: NA NA NA
#> 6298: NA NA NA
#> 6299: NA NA NA
#> 6300: NA NA NA
#> home_winner away_team_id away_team_name away_conference_id
#> <lgcl> <int> <char> <int>
#> 1: TRUE 492 IU Columbus NA
#> 2: FALSE 46 Charleston 12
#> 3: TRUE 493 Oglethorpe NA
#> 4: TRUE 494 UNT Dallas NA
#> 5: TRUE 495 LaGrange NA
#> ---
#> 6296: FALSE 312 UCF 6
#> 6297: FALSE 87 Florida 24
#> 6298: FALSE 113 Houston 6
#> 6299: FALSE 188 Nebraska 10
#> 6300: FALSE 87 Florida 24
#> away_conference_short_name away_seed away_points away_period_points_1
#> <char> <int> <int> <int>
#> 1: <NA> NA 44 21
#> 2: CAA NA 90 45
#> 3: <NA> NA 51 22
#> 4: <NA> NA 55 25
#> 5: <NA> NA 48 20
#> ---
#> 6296: Big 12 NA 104 48
#> 6297: SEC NA 79 38
#> 6298: Big 12 NA 70 28
#> 6299: Big Ten NA 77 35
#> 6300: SEC NA 65 28
#> away_period_points_2 away_period_points_3 away_period_points_4
#> <int> <int> <int>
#> 1: 23 NA NA
#> 2: 45 NA NA
#> 3: 29 NA NA
#> 4: 30 NA NA
#> 5: 28 NA NA
#> ---
#> 6296: 40 16 NA
#> 6297: 41 NA NA
#> 6298: 42 NA NA
#> 6299: 42 NA NA
#> 6300: 37 NA NA
#> away_period_points_5 away_period_points_6 away_period_points_7
#> <int> <int> <int>
#> 1: NA NA NA
#> 2: NA NA NA
#> 3: NA NA NA
#> 4: NA NA NA
#> 5: NA NA NA
#> ---
#> 6296: NA NA NA
#> 6297: NA NA NA
#> 6298: NA NA NA
#> 6299: NA NA NA
#> 6300: NA NA NA
#> away_winner excitement venue_id venue venue_city
#> <lgcl> <num> <int> <char> <char>
#> 1: FALSE 0.6 19 Corteva Coliseum Indianapolis
#> 2: TRUE 7.2 22 Sanford Pentagon Sioux Falls
#> 3: FALSE 0.6 20 Murphy Center Murfreesboro
#> 4: FALSE 1.5 21 College Park Center Arlington
#> 5: FALSE 1.0 23 Pete Mathews Coliseum Jacksonville
#> ---
#> 6296: TRUE 12.3 13 T-Mobile Arena Las Vegas
#> 6297: TRUE 8.6 629 Alamodome San Antonio
#> 6298: TRUE 6.2 629 Alamodome San Antonio
#> 6299: TRUE 7.0 13 T-Mobile Arena Las Vegas
#> 6300: TRUE 7.7 629 Alamodome San Antonio
#> venue_state
#> <char>
#> 1: IN
#> 2: SD
#> 3: TN
#> 4: TX
#> 5: AL
#> ---
#> 6296: NV
#> 6297: TX
#> 6298: TX
#> 6299: NV
#> 6300: TX
# }