Returns the full MBB franchises index from
sports.core.api.espn.com/v2/sports/basketball/leagues/mens-college-basketball/franchises.
Each row is one franchise with its ID and the canonical $ref URL —
pass an ID to espn_mbb_franchise() for full franchise detail.
Value
A tibble with one row per franchise.
| col_name | types | description |
| franchise_id | character | ESPN franchise identifier. |
| ref | character | Full $ref URL for franchise detail. |
| league | character | League slug ("mens-college-basketball"). |
See also
Other ESPN MBB Functions:
espn_mbb_athlete_awards(),
espn_mbb_athlete_career_stats(),
espn_mbb_athlete_eventlog(),
espn_mbb_athlete_eventlog_v2(),
espn_mbb_athlete_gamelog(),
espn_mbb_athlete_info(),
espn_mbb_athlete_overview(),
espn_mbb_athlete_seasons(),
espn_mbb_athlete_splits(),
espn_mbb_athlete_statisticslog(),
espn_mbb_athlete_stats(),
espn_mbb_athletes_index(),
espn_mbb_award(),
espn_mbb_betting(),
espn_mbb_calendar(),
espn_mbb_coach(),
espn_mbb_coach_season(),
espn_mbb_coaches(),
espn_mbb_conferences(),
espn_mbb_event_broadcasts(),
espn_mbb_event_odds(),
espn_mbb_event_officials(),
espn_mbb_event_powerindex(),
espn_mbb_event_predictor(),
espn_mbb_event_probabilities(),
espn_mbb_event_propbets(),
espn_mbb_event_situation(),
espn_mbb_franchise(),
espn_mbb_futures(),
espn_mbb_game_all(),
espn_mbb_game_rosters(),
espn_mbb_injuries(),
espn_mbb_leaders(),
espn_mbb_news(),
espn_mbb_pbp(),
espn_mbb_player_box(),
espn_mbb_player_stats(),
espn_mbb_powerindex(),
espn_mbb_rankings(),
espn_mbb_scoreboard(),
espn_mbb_season_awards(),
espn_mbb_season_group(),
espn_mbb_season_group_children(),
espn_mbb_season_group_teams(),
espn_mbb_season_groups(),
espn_mbb_season_info(),
espn_mbb_season_leaders(),
espn_mbb_season_ranking(),
espn_mbb_season_rankings(),
espn_mbb_season_type(),
espn_mbb_season_types(),
espn_mbb_season_week(),
espn_mbb_season_weeks(),
espn_mbb_seasons(),
espn_mbb_standings(),
espn_mbb_team(),
espn_mbb_team_box(),
espn_mbb_team_current_roster(),
espn_mbb_team_injuries(),
espn_mbb_team_leaders(),
espn_mbb_team_news(),
espn_mbb_team_odds_records(),
espn_mbb_team_record(),
espn_mbb_team_roster(),
espn_mbb_team_schedule(),
espn_mbb_team_season_profile(),
espn_mbb_team_season_roster(),
espn_mbb_team_stats(),
espn_mbb_teams(),
espn_mbb_tournament(),
espn_mbb_tournament_seasons(),
espn_mbb_tournaments(),
espn_mbb_venues(),
espn_mbb_week_ranking(),
espn_mbb_week_rankings(),
espn_mbb_wp()
Examples
# \donttest{
espn_mbb_franchises()
#> ── ESPN MENS-COLLEGE-BASKETBALL Franchises Index ──────────────── hoopR 3.1.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-05-19 01:33:05 UTC
#> # A tibble: 200 × 3
#> franchise_id ref league
#> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 1 http://sports.core.api.espn.com/v2/sports/basketball/lea… mens-…
#> 2 2 http://sports.core.api.espn.com/v2/sports/basketball/lea… mens-…
#> 3 3 http://sports.core.api.espn.com/v2/sports/basketball/lea… mens-…
#> 4 5 http://sports.core.api.espn.com/v2/sports/basketball/lea… mens-…
#> 5 6 http://sports.core.api.espn.com/v2/sports/basketball/lea… mens-…
#> 6 8 http://sports.core.api.espn.com/v2/sports/basketball/lea… mens-…
#> 7 9 http://sports.core.api.espn.com/v2/sports/basketball/lea… mens-…
#> 8 11 http://sports.core.api.espn.com/v2/sports/basketball/lea… mens-…
#> 9 12 http://sports.core.api.espn.com/v2/sports/basketball/lea… mens-…
#> 10 13 http://sports.core.api.espn.com/v2/sports/basketball/lea… mens-…
#> # ℹ 190 more rows
# }