ncaa_w_bball_tourney: The Rise And Fall Of Women's NCAA Tournament Dynasties

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Description

The raw data behind the story 'The Rise And Fall Of Women's NCAA Tournament Dynasties' https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/louisiana-tech-was-the-uconn-of-the-80s/

Usage

ncaa_w_bball_tourney

Format

A dataset with 2092 rows representing every team that has participated in the NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament since it began in 1982 and 19 variables

year

the year of the game which the team participated in

school

the school of the participating team

seed

The '(OR)' seeding designation in 1983 notes the eight teams that played an opening-round game to become the No. 8 seed in each region.

conference

the conference record of the team (if available)

conf_w

number of winning in conference record

conf_l

number of losses in conference record

conf_percent

percent of winning in conference record

reg_w

number of winning in regular-season record

reg_l

number of losses in regular-season record

reg_percent

percent of winning in regular-season record

how_qual

Whether the school qualified with an automatic bid (by winning its conference or conference tournament) or an at-large bid.

first_home_game

Whether the school played its first-round tournament games on its home court.

tourney_w

number of winning in tournament record

tourney_l

number of losses in tournament record

tourney_finish

The round of the final game for each team. OR=opening-round loss (1983 only); 1st=first-round loss; 2nd=second-round loss; RSF=loss in the Sweet 16; RF=loss in the Elite Eight; NSF=loss in the national semifinals; N2nd=national runner-up; Champ=national champions

full_w

number of winning in full record

full_l

number of losses in full record

full_percent

percent of winning in full record

Source

NCAA

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