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helper that loads multiple seasons from the data repo either into memory or writes it into a db using some forwarded arguments in the dots

Usage

load_mbb_player_box(
  seasons = most_recent_mbb_season(),
  ...,
  dbConnection = NULL,
  tablename = NULL
)

Arguments

seasons

A vector of 4-digit years associated with given men's college basketball seasons. (Min: 2003)

...

Additional arguments passed to an underlying function that writes the season data into a database (used by update_mbb_db()).

dbConnection

A DBIConnection object, as returned by

tablename

The name of the play by play data table within the database

Value

Returns a tibble

Examples

# \donttest{
  load_mbb_player_box(seasons = most_recent_nba_season())
#> ── ESPN MBB Player Boxscore Information from hoopR data repository ─────────────
#>  Data updated: 2023-03-24 09:56:17 UTC
#> # A tibble: 125,033 × 34
#>    athlete_display_name team_short_display_name min   fg    fg3   ft    oreb 
#>    <chr>                <chr>                   <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#>  1 Anton Watson         Gonzaga                 0     3-6   1-1   1-3   5    
#>  2 Drew Timme           Gonzaga                 0     16-24 1-1   3-6   5    
#>  3 Nolan Hickman        Gonzaga                 0     0-4   0-1   0-0   0    
#>  4 Julian Strawther     Gonzaga                 0     5-15  3-8   3-5   2    
#>  5 Rasir Bolton         Gonzaga                 0     0-1   0-1   0-0   0    
#>  6 Ben Gregg            Gonzaga                 0     0-0   0-0   0-0   0    
#>  7 Hunter Sallis        Gonzaga                 0     2-3   0-0   1-1   1    
#>  8 Malachi Smith        Gonzaga                 0     6-11  1-4   1-2   3    
#>  9 Kenneth Nwuba        UCLA                    0     1-2   0-0   0-0   1    
#> 10 Amari Bailey         UCLA                    34    7-13  2-2   3-4   0    
#> # ℹ 125,023 more rows
#> # ℹ 27 more variables: dreb <chr>, reb <chr>, ast <chr>, stl <chr>, blk <chr>,
#> #   to <chr>, pf <chr>, pts <chr>, starter <lgl>, ejected <lgl>,
#> #   did_not_play <lgl>, active <lgl>, athlete_jersey <chr>, athlete_id <chr>,
#> #   athlete_short_name <chr>, athlete_headshot_href <chr>,
#> #   athlete_position_name <chr>, athlete_position_abbreviation <chr>,
#> #   team_name <chr>, team_logo <chr>, team_id <chr>, team_abbreviation <chr>, …
# }