ncaa_w_bball_tourney: The Rise And Fall Of Women's NCAA Tournament Dynasties

Description

The raw data behind the story 'The Rise And Fall Of Women's NCAA Tournament Dynasties' https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/louisiana-tech-was-the-uconn-of-the-80s/

Usage

ncaa_w_bball_tourney

Arguments

Format

A dataset with 2092 rows representing every team that has participated in the NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament since it began in 1982 and 19 variables

year: the year of the game which the team participated in
school: the school of the participating team
seed: The `(OR)` seeding designation in 1983 notes the eight teams that played an opening-round game to become the No. 8 seed in each region.
conference: the conference record of the team (if available)
conf_w: number of winning in conference record
conf_l: number of losses in conference record
conf_percent: percent of winning in conference record
reg_w: number of winning in regular-season record
reg_l: number of losses in regular-season record
reg_percent: percent of winning in regular-season record
how_qual: Whether the school qualified with an automatic bid (by winning its conference or conference tournament) or an at-large bid.
first_home_game: Whether the school played its first-round tournament games on its home court.
tourney_w: number of winning in tournament record
tourney_l: number of losses in tournament record
tourney_finish: The round of the final game for each team. OR=opening-round loss (1983 only); 1st=first-round loss; 2nd=second-round loss; RSF=loss in the Sweet 16; RF=loss in the Elite Eight; NSF=loss in the national semifinals; N2nd=national runner-up; Champ=national champions
full_w: number of winning in full record
full_l: number of losses in full record
full_percent: percent of winning in full record