player_box: NCAA Tournament box score data (1985-present)
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player_box

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NCAA Tournament box score data (1985-present)

Description

NCAA Tournament game box score data for all players in the expansion era

Usage

data("player_box")

Format

A data frame with 46560 observations on the following 36 variables.

player: Player name
pos: Position (one of 'G' (guard), 'F' (forward), or 'C' (center))
date: Date of game
team: Player's team
opp: Opponent
result: Game result (W/L)
gs: Whether the player started the game or not ('start' vs. 'bench')
mp: Minutes played
fg: Field goals made
fga: Field goals attempted
fg_pct: Field goal percentage
x2p: 2PTs made
x2pa: 2PTs attempted
two_fg_pct: 2PT field goal percentage
x3p: 3PTs made
x3pa: 3PTs attempted
three_fg_pct: 3PT field goal percentage
ft: Free throws made
fta: Free throws attempted
ft_pct: Free throw percentage
orb: Offensive rebounds
drb: Defensive rebounds
trb: Total rebounds
ast: Assists
stl: Steals
blk: Blocks
tov: Turnovers
pf: Personal fouls
pts: Points scored
gm_sc: Game score, where applicable (formula below)
game_id: Game ID coorelated with tournament
region: Game region
round: Game round
seed: Team seed
opp_seed: Opponent seed
game_loc: Game location

Details

Game score formula is: PTS + 0.4 * FG - 0.7 * FGA - 0.4*(FTA - FT) + 0.7 * ORB + 0.3 * DRB + STL + 0.7 * AST + 0.7 * BLK - 0.4 * PF - TOV. Game Score was created by John Hollinger to give a rough measure of a player's productivity for a single game. The scale is similar to that of points scored. 40 is an outstanding performance, 10 is an average performance, etc. Explanation from Sports Reference.