Game Status Workflow

Intro

Every NCAA Women's Basketball (NCAAWB) game travels through various statuses in its lifecycle. Leverage the game status to inform on the appropriate endpoint to retrieve.

Game status is available in every Schedule and Game endpoint. To retrieve a game's initial status and schedule information it would be most appropriate to request the Schedule or Daily Schedule endpoints.

<game id="9d854ac4-f93e-429e-8163-b7dacfe59c43" status="closed" coverage="extended_boxscore" scheduled="2024-11-04T15:30:00Z" home_points="85" away_points="39" conference_game="false" home_team="10d8e1cc-4ce5-46d4-9caf-154b203768ed" away_team="876ceafd-2be8-4bd8-bc7e-57d063698f2a">
	<time_zones venue="US/Eastern" home="US/Eastern" away="US/Eastern"/>
	<venue id="c5e846e9-2860-4c55-8352-c3a4587afe27" name="Hank McCamish Pavilion" capacity="8600" address="965 Fowler Street" city="Atlanta" state="GA" zip="30332" country="USA">
		<location lat="33.780833" lng="-84.392778"/>
	</venue>
	<home name="Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets" alias="GT" id="10d8e1cc-4ce5-46d4-9caf-154b203768ed"></home>
	<away name="Winthrop Eagles" alias="WIN" id="876ceafd-2be8-4bd8-bc7e-57d063698f2a"></away>
</game>

{
  "games": [
    {
      "id": "9d854ac4-f93e-429e-8163-b7dacfe59c43",
      "status": "closed",
      "coverage": "extended_boxscore",
      "scheduled": "2024-11-04T15:30:00Z",
      "home_points": 85,
      "away_points": 39,
      "conference_game": false,
      "time_zones": {
        "venue": "US/Eastern",
        "home": "US/Eastern",
        "away": "US/Eastern"
      },
      "venue": {
        "id": "c5e846e9-2860-4c55-8352-c3a4587afe27",
        "name": "Hank McCamish Pavilion",
        "capacity": 8600,
        "address": "965 Fowler Street",
        "city": "Atlanta",
        "state": "GA",
        "zip": "30332",
        "country": "USA",
        "location": {
          "lat": "33.780833",
          "lng": "-84.392778"
        }
      },
      "home": {
        "name": "Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets",
        "alias": "GT",
        "id": "10d8e1cc-4ce5-46d4-9caf-154b203768ed"
      },
      "away": {
        "name": "Winthrop Eagles",
        "alias": "WIN",
        "id": "876ceafd-2be8-4bd8-bc7e-57d063698f2a"
      }
    }
  ]
}

Coverage Levels

We cover all games involving a Division I team at a Full or Extended Boxscore coverage tier.

Full – We provide live play-by-play coverage for the entire game. We provide updated scores and time remaining as well as team- and player-level data in near real time.

Full coverage is available for:

• All games featuring an AP Top 25 team
• All "Power Five" (ACC, B1G, Big 12, Big East, SEC) Conference Tournament games
• All Division I March Madness Tournament games

Extended Boxscore – We provide scores and time remaining, in a timely manner, as the game progresses. We provide team- and player-level data for the game within 120 minutes of the official results being posted. Extended Boxscore coverage is available for any game involving a Division I program, not covered via our full coverage offering.

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Coverage Note

Coverage levels are subject to change up to the scheduled game start time. Changes are usually due to resource availability or possible broadcast and technical difficulties.

Game Status Definitions

Below are each of the valid game statuses you can expect to see in the NCAAWB API. Reference these definitions for precise detail on what each game state signifies.

• scheduled - The game is scheduled to occur.
• created – The game has been created and we have begun logging information.
• inprogress – The game is in progress.
• halftime - The game is currently at halftime.
• complete – The game is over, but stat validation is not complete.
• closed – The game is over and the stats have been validated.
• cancelled – The game has been cancelled. No makeup game will be played as a result.
• delayed – The start of the game is currently delayed or the game has gone from in progress to delayed for some reason.
• postponed – The game has been postponed, to be made up at another day and time. Once the makeup game is announced, a new game and ID will be created and scheduled on the announced makeup date.
• time-tbd – The game has been scheduled, but a time has yet to be announced.
• if-necessary – The game will be scheduled if it is required.
• unnecessary – The series game was scheduled to occur, but will not take place due to one team clinching the series early.

Game Workflows

See the below diagrams for common game status flows, with context around each update.

Standard Game

Below is the flow for a typical NCAAWB game from scheduled to closed.

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Time from Complete to Closed

It takes an average of 90 minutes for a College Basketball game to move from Complete to Closed.

Time-TBD

Below is the flow of a time-tbd game. Once this game reaches scheduled status it follows the Standard Game flow.

Postponed

Below is the flow of a postponed game.

Once a new game is created in scheduled status, it follows the Standard Game flow.

Suspended

Below is the flow of a suspended game.

Once a suspended game moves back to inprogress it follows the Standard Game flow.

Cancelled

Below is the flow of a cancelled game.

A cancelled game will remain in cancelled status. See game 4f2c4ea4-550e-4c1d-8054-6bf0e6c3790c as an example.

Game State Samples

Click the links below for sample data of Game feeds by game state.

• inprogress

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Simulations

We would also suggest using our Simulations to view each of these game states and test your integration.

Weekly Data Entry

This section provides important NCAAWB data update timings for schedules, statistics, rankings , and more.

Click on the days of the week below to view the data entry workflow for each day.

See below for a daily breakdown of data updates for the NCAA Women's Basketball API.