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updatedAt: 2026-08-25T14:52:39.000Z
agentTools:
siteIndex: https://developer.sportradar.com/llms.txt
projectIndex: https://developer.sportradar.com/basketball/llms.txt
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# Seasonal Awards
**NCAAMB Seasonal Awards** provides a list of all NCAA Men's Basketball awards for a given season and season type.
### Update Frequency
**TTL / Cache:** 12 hours
**Data Updates:** Award entries are added as they are announced
***
## Data Points
| Attribute | Parent Element | Type | Description |
| --------- | -------------- | ------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `alias` | `league` | String | Alias of a league
ex. `NCAAM` |
| `id` | `league` | GUID | Unique ID of a league
ex. `cd4268ee-07aa-4c4d-a435-ec44ad2c76cb` |
| `name` | `league` | String | Name of a league
ex. `NCAA MEN` |
| `id` | `season` | GUID | Unique ID of a season
ex. `415ae0cb-38dd-4ace-8f22-fb6015b39006` |
| `type` | `season` | String | Type of a season
`REG` (Regular Season), `PST` (Postseason) |
| `year` | `season` | Integer | Year of a season |
| Attribute | Parent Element | Type | Description |
| ------------------------ | -------------- | ------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `awarded_time_frequency` | `awards` | String | Frequency at which an award is distributed
ex. `annual` |
| `awarded_time_period` | `awards` | String | Time period of an award
ex. `2025-26` |
| `description` | `awards` | String | Description of an award
ex. `Awarded to the most outstanding men's college basketball player.` |
| `effective_date` | `awards` | String | Date of an award's announcement
ex. `2025-09-29` |
| `id` | `awards` | String | Unique ID of an award
ex. `77bb4581-c8ee-44dc-814c-2389e6609546` |
| `name` | `awards` | String | Name of an award
ex. `AP Player of the Year` |
| `type` | `awards` | String | Type of award
ex. `player`, `coach`, `team` |
| Attribute | Parent Element | Type | Description |
| ---------- | --------------------- | ------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `id` | `award` - `recipient` | String | Unique player Id of an award recipient
ex. `38df53eb-de47-4af7-b372-6b17a3d28e6c` |
| `level` | `award` - `recipient` | String | Level of an award recipient (could be used to distinguish between an award winner and an award finalist)
ex. `winner` |
| `name` | `award` - `recipient` | String | Name of an award recipient
ex. `Cameron Boozer` |
| `position` | `award` - `recipient` | String | Position of an award recipient
ex. `F` |
| `alias` | `award` - `recipient` | String | Abbreviation of an award recipient's team
ex. `ILL` |
| `market` | `award` - `recipient` | String | Market name of an award recipient's team
ex. `Illinois` |
| Attribute | Parent Element | Type | Description |
| --------- | -------------------- | ------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `alias` | `recipient` - `team` | String | Abbreviation of an award recipient's team
ex. `ILL` |
| `id` | `recipient` - `team` | GUID | Unique ID of an award recipient's team
ex. `6d54619a-5208-4d38-9482-11a0637a40fc` |
| `market` | `recipient` - `team` | String | Market name of an award recipient's team
ex. `Illinois` |
| `name` | `recipient` - `team` | String | Name of an award recipient's team
ex. `Fighting Illini` |
# OpenAPI definition
```json
{
"openapi": "3.1.0",
"info": {
"title": "ncaa-mens-basketball",
"version": "8"
},
"servers": [
{
"url": "https://api.sportradar.com/ncaamb/"
}
],
"components": {
"securitySchemes": {
"sec0": {
"type": "apiKey",
"in": "header",
"name": "x-api-key"
}
}
},
"security": [
{
"sec0": []
}
],
"paths": {
"/{access_level}/v8/{language_code}/seasons/{season_year}/{season_type}/awards.{format}": {
"get": {
"responses": {
"200": {
"description": "",
"content": {
"application/json": {
"examples": {
"Result": {
"summary": "Result",
"value": {
"league": {
"id": "cd4268ee-07aa-4c4d-a435-ec44ad2c76cb",
"name": "NCAA MEN",
"alias": "NCAAM"
},
"season": {
"id": "fd1c5f6a-54fc-400a-a7f6-c7b38a6091fe",
"year": 2025,
"type": "PST"
},
"awards": [
{
"name": "NIT Champion",
"description": "Winner of the National Invitational Tournament (NIT)",
"type": "team",
"effective_date": "2026-04-05",
"awarded_time_frequency": "annual",
"awarded_time_period": "2025-26",
"id": "49b233ff-d668-4133-ab9e-5371e6bdae7d",
"recipients": [
{
"level": "winner",
"name": "Auburn Tigers",
"id": "0c0608b3-f349-4f5e-9a10-7e6a744dd0d2",
"alias": "AUB",
"market": "Auburn"
}
]
},
{
"name": "National Champion",
"description": "Winner of the NCAA Tournament",
"type": "team",
"effective_date": "2026-04-06",
"awarded_time_frequency": "annual",
"awarded_time_period": "2025-26",
"id": "43241810-acf4-4701-b67a-d7c74b583fde",
"recipients": [
{
"level": "winner",
"name": "Michigan Wolverines",
"id": "bdc2561d-f603-4fab-a262-f1d2af462277",
"alias": "MICH",
"market": "Michigan"
}
]
},
{
"name": "NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player",
"description": "Awarded to the most outstanding player in that year's Final Four.",
"type": "player",
"effective_date": "2026-04-06",
"awarded_time_frequency": "annual",
"awarded_time_period": "2025-26",
"id": "5a2bb94e-12ff-4deb-b255-1c0ed3cea413",
"recipients": [
{
"level": "winner",
"name": "Elliot Cadeau",
"position": "G",
"id": "ca782a63-f388-4360-8ee5-46e0cde9f524"
}
]
}
],
"_comment": "Generation started @ 2026-08-24 16:23:59 +0000 ended @ 2026-08-24 16:23:59 +0000"
}
}
},
"schema": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"league": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"id": {
"type": "string",
"example": "cd4268ee-07aa-4c4d-a435-ec44ad2c76cb"
},
"name": {
"type": "string",
"example": "NCAA MEN"
},
"alias": {
"type": "string",
"example": "NCAAM"
}
}
},
"season": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"id": {
"type": "string",
"example": "fd1c5f6a-54fc-400a-a7f6-c7b38a6091fe"
},
"year": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 2025,
"default": 0
},
"type": {
"type": "string",
"example": "PST"
}
}
},
"awards": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"name": {
"type": "string",
"example": "NIT Champion"
},
"description": {
"type": "string",
"example": "Winner of the National Invitational Tournament (NIT)"
},
"type": {
"type": "string",
"example": "team"
},
"effective_date": {
"type": "string",
"example": "2026-04-05"
},
"awarded_time_frequency": {
"type": "string",
"example": "annual"
},
"awarded_time_period": {
"type": "string",
"example": "2025-26"
},
"id": {
"type": "string",
"example": "49b233ff-d668-4133-ab9e-5371e6bdae7d"
},
"recipients": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"level": {
"type": "string",
"example": "winner"
},
"name": {
"type": "string",
"example": "Auburn Tigers"
},
"id": {
"type": "string",
"example": "0c0608b3-f349-4f5e-9a10-7e6a744dd0d2"
},
"alias": {
"type": "string",
"example": "AUB"
},
"market": {
"type": "string",
"example": "Auburn"
}
}
}
}
}
}
},
"_comment": {
"type": "string",
"example": "Generation started @ 2026-08-24 16:23:59 +0000 ended @ 2026-08-24 16:23:59 +0000"
}
}
}
}
}
}
},
"parameters": [
{
"in": "path",
"name": "access_level",
"schema": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"trial",
"production"
],
"default": "trial"
},
"required": true,
"description": "The access level of your API key
`trial`, `production`"
},
{
"in": "path",
"name": "language_code",
"schema": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"en"
],
"default": "en"
},
"required": true,
"description": "2-letter code for supported languages
`en` (English)"
},
{
"in": "path",
"name": "season_year",
"schema": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"2024",
"2025",
"2026"
],
"default": "2025"
},
"required": true,
"description": "Year of a season in `YYYY` format
**Note:** Season year is always the year a season begins. For example, `2024` for the 2024-25 season."
},
{
"in": "path",
"name": "season_type",
"schema": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"REG",
"PST"
],
"default": "REG"
},
"required": true,
"description": "Type of season
`REG` (Regular Season), `PST` (Postseason)"
},
{
"in": "path",
"name": "format",
"schema": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"json",
"xml"
],
"default": "json"
},
"required": true,
"description": "Format returned
`json`, `xml`"
}
],
"summary": "Seasonal Awards",
"description": "**NCAAMB Seasonal Awards** provides a list of all NCAA Men's Basketball awards for a given season and season type.",
"operationId": "get_access-level-v8-language-code-seasons-season-year-season-type-awards-format",
"x-internal": false
}
}
},
"x-readme": {
"headers": [],
"explorer-enabled": true,
"proxy-enabled": true
},
"x-readme-fauxas": true
}
```