NEWS.md

In toRvik: Extensive and Tidy NCAA Men's College Basketball Data

torvik 1.1.0

CRAN 1.1.0 Update

Code Updates:

• Improved data retrieval speeds by shifting many functions to wrapping a dedicated Fast API
• Added transfer_portal, player_recruiting_rankings, bart_game_prediction, and bart_tournament_prediction
• Removed bart_transfers, bart_pro, and bart_team_schedule

Other:

• Added headers to data pulled by the API to note time retrieved

toRvik 1.0.3

Patches:

• Fixed data issue that caused bart_player_season to fail on row binds across certain seasons

Code Updates:

• Added bart_pro to to pull statistics for draft-eligible players

Other:

• Moved package site to self-host on AWS

toRvik 1.0.2

CRAN 1.0.2 Update

Addressed CRAN submission comments:

• Omitted 'Functions' from package title
• Provided links to utilized web services in DESCRIPTION
• Changed logical variables package-wide from 'T' and 'F' to 'TRUE' and 'FALSE'
• Added \values{} field to function documentation

Code Updates:

• Added support for pulling complete player statistics by setting stat argument to 'all' in bart_player_season, bart_player_game, and bart_transfers (new default)
• Transitioned to using switch() for lookup values in several functions
• Moved examples with >5s run time to \donttest{} to keep output present on site while passing CRAN checks
• Added WAB (wins above bubble) column to bart_factors to keep consistent with output from analogous bart_conf_factors
• Switched neutral variable in bart_season_schedule to logical type

Other:

• Site refresh for CRAN release

toRvik 1.0.1

Initial CRAN submission rejected; fixed with 1.0.2

Patches:

• Fixed package-breaking user agent issue that threw HTTP 403 error on Windows machines by using withr
• Fixed function-breaking file issue that caused bart_player_game to fail

Code Updates:

• Added bart_team_box to return team box statistics and per-game averages\
• Added argument to filter bart_transfers by active portal players and committed ones

Other:

• Changed pkgdown site colors

toRvik 1.0.0

Initial release.

For a detailed list of changes to toRvik, consult the commit history at https://github.com/andreweatherman/toRvik

toRvik documentation built on Nov. 10, 2022, 5:50 p.m.