Untitled: NCAA Tournament Results (1985-present)
In andreweatherman/ncaat: Historical NCAA Tournament game data

tournament

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NCAA Tournament Results (1985-present)

Description

Results and metadata for every NCAA Tournament game in the expansion era (1985-present)

Usage

data("tournament")

Format

A data frame with 4708 observations on the following 16 variables.

game_id: A unique game identifier
year: The year of the tournament
date: The date of the game
region: The region of the game
round: The round of the game
seed: The seed of team
team: Team
pts: Points scored by team
opp_seed: The seed of opp
opp: Opponent
opp_pts: Points scored by opp
ot: Number of overtime periods, if any
diff: Score differential in terms of team
game_loc: The location of the game
team_town: City and state of team
opp_town: City and state of opp

Details

The ‘First Four’ games from the 2022 tournament are included but no others. The 2001 tournament featured an opening round 16-seed matchup after the field expanded to 65 teams. This ran through the 2010 tournament. These games are coded as ‘Opening Round.’ They were later replaced by the First Four starting in 2011. The NCAA, for whatever reason, officially referred to the ‘First Four’ as the ‘First Round’ games from their inception in 2011 through the 2015 tournament. For consistent formatting, round names reflect current terminology.