README.md

NCAA Men's Basketball Data

A csv file of team-level ncaa data with tournament outcomes included.

Data preview

school	conf	season	wl	sos	pts_diff	ncaa_result
duke	ACC	1998-99	0.949	10.14	24.6	Lost National Final
gonzaga	WCC	2016-17	0.970	2.36	23.4	Playing First Round
kentucky	SEC	1948-49	0.941	NA	23.2	Won National Final
kentucky	SEC	1995-96	0.944	10.06	22.0	Won National Final
duke	ACC	1997-98	0.889	9.33	21.5	Lost Regional Final
kentucky	SEC	1996-97	0.875	9.20	20.3	Lost National Final
duke	ACC	2000-01	0.897	11.98	20.2	Won National Final
kentucky	SEC	2014-15	0.974	8.67	20.1	Lost National Semifinal
louisville	AAC	2013-14	0.838	4.80	19.9	Lost Regional Semifinal
duke	ACC	2001-02	0.886	9.16	19.7	Lost Regional Semifinal

My NCAA model (multilevel model prediction estimates)

school	conf	wl	sos	ap_pre	ncaa_mlm
kansas	Big 12	0.875	12.39	3	17.6105725
villanova	Big East	0.912	9.91	4	16.7695024
kentucky	SEC	0.853	9.90	2	16.2008208
duke	ACC	0.771	11.66	1	15.7454001
north-carolina	ACC	0.794	11.70	6	14.7166157
oregon	Pac-12	0.853	7.48	5	14.1132419
arizona	Pac-12	0.882	7.61	10	13.2653849
louisville	ACC	0.750	12.07	13	12.0548911
virginia	ACC	0.688	11.35	8	11.8882056
wisconsin	Big Ten	0.735	8.89	9	11.6001659
ucla	Pac-12	0.879	5.85	16	10.7362318
xavier	Big East	0.618	11.21	7	10.6679073
gonzaga	WCC	0.970	2.36	14	10.3470524
purdue	Big Ten	0.781	8.40	15	10.0503794
west-virginia	Big 12	0.765	9.18	20	9.1508602
baylor	Big 12	0.781	12.00	30	8.3973735
creighton	Big East	0.735	9.20	22	8.1629539
michigan-state	Big Ten	0.576	10.37	12	8.0670749
saint-marys-ca	WCC	0.875	1.68	17	7.7402880
iowa-state	Big 12	0.697	11.85	24	6.8783858
maryland	Big Ten	0.750	8.35	25	6.6960219
florida-state	ACC	0.758	9.54	30	6.5586993
florida	SEC	0.750	10.53	30	6.3688666
butler	Big East	0.742	10.46	30	6.2985980
notre-dame	ACC	0.735	10.15	30	5.8383706
cincinnati	AAC	0.853	5.03	30	5.7364837
southern-methodist	AAC	0.882	4.41	30	5.6801785
rhode-island	A-10	0.727	4.07	23	5.1510566
minnesota	Big Ten	0.727	9.10	30	4.6732296
south-carolina	SEC	0.688	8.63	30	4.5100438
virginia-tech	ACC	0.688	8.74	30	4.1158076
michigan	Big Ten	0.686	9.56	30	4.0392509
arkansas	SEC	0.735	8.12	30	4.0193251
wichita-state	MVC	0.882	2.24	30	3.9396729
southern-california	Pac-12	0.727	5.68	30	3.6883352
northwestern	Big Ten	0.676	8.18	30	3.5450787
miami-fl	ACC	0.656	10.11	30	3.3495250
seton-hall	Big East	0.656	9.50	30	3.1840471
dayton	A-10	0.774	3.98	30	3.0884987
illinois-state	MVC	0.818	2.78	30	3.0653947
oklahoma-state	Big 12	0.625	12.00	30	3.0533764
virginia-commonwealth	A-10	0.765	3.68	30	2.8744648
kansas-state	Big 12	0.606	10.31	30	2.8346408
nevada	MWC	0.824	1.61	30	2.5118700
providence	Big East	0.625	8.21	30	2.4225528
marquette	Big East	0.613	8.75	30	2.2259922
wake-forest	ACC	0.594	10.27	30	2.1732670
vanderbilt	SEC	0.559	10.71	30	1.6862062
north-carolina-wilmington	CAA	0.853	-0.99	30	1.4933315
middle-tennessee	CUSA	0.882	-1.35	30	1.4876711
princeton	Ivy	0.793	-2.32	30	0.8161832
east-tennessee-state	Southern	0.794	-2.54	30	0.6139347
monmouth	MAAC	0.818	-2.94	30	0.4885600
kent-state	MAC	0.629	-2.00	30	0.4124058
bucknell	Patriot	0.765	-3.19	30	0.3229036
vermont	AEC	0.853	-3.79	30	0.2480059
iona	MAAC	0.647	-3.01	30	0.1565354
troy	Sun Belt	0.611	-3.89	30	0.0557767
jacksonville-state	OVC	0.588	-3.89	30	0.0485584
mount-st-marys	NEC	0.559	-4.11	30	-0.0298435
new-orleans	Southland	0.645	-5.37	30	-0.2197793
new-mexico-state	WAC	0.848	-4.80	30	-0.2362494
north-dakota	Big Sky	0.710	-6.22	30	-0.5803216
winthrop	Big South	0.813	-6.70	30	-1.0713278
texas-southern	SWAC	0.676	-8.52	30	-1.1722294