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Get college basketball conferences from the CollegeBasketballData API.

Get historical conference membership from the CollegeBasketballData API.

Usage

cbbd_conferences()

cbbd_conferences_history(conference = NULL)

Arguments

conference

(character optional): Conference abbreviation filter (e.g. B1G). See cbbd_conferences() for valid values.

Value

A hoopR_data tibble with one row per conference:

col_nametypesdescription
idintegerCollegeBasketballData conference id.
source_idcharacterSource (ESPN) conference id.
namecharacterConference name (e.g. Big Ten).
abbreviationcharacterConference abbreviation (e.g. B1G).
short_namecharacterConference short name.

A hoopR_data tibble with one row per conference. The teams column is a nested list of per-team membership spans:

col_nametypesdescription
idintegerCollegeBasketballData conference id.
source_idcharacterSource (ESPN) conference id.
namecharacterConference name.
abbreviationcharacterConference abbreviation.
short_namecharacterConference short name.
teamslistNested list of member-team membership spans.

Examples

# \donttest{
  try(cbbd_conferences())
#>  2026-08-27 17:46:32.636837: Invalid arguments or no conferences data available!
#>  Error: api.collegebasketballdata.com requires an API key.        See ?register_cbbd for details.
#> data frame with 0 columns and 0 rows
# }
# \donttest{
  try(cbbd_conferences_history(conference = "B1G"))
#>  2026-08-27 17:46:32.645083: Invalid arguments or no conference history available!
#>  Args: conference = "B1G"
#>  Error: api.collegebasketballdata.com requires an API key.        See ?register_cbbd for details.
#> data frame with 0 columns and 0 rows
# }