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CollegeBasketballData.com

College basketball data service with a free personal API key, CSV exporter, analytics tools and a paid historical starter pack; sister project of the CFBD football API.

Facts verified against the provider's site on

Commercial use: AllowedBetting use: not disclosedToo little discussion
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51

SportDex Score

#45 of 233 sports APIs

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Popularity
21

Brand demand, developer discussions, GitHub repos and videos

Community & reliability
—

Tone of public discussions, liked vs criticised points, reliability complaints; not enough public discussion to judge.

Transparency
90

Public prices, docs, terms and coverage you can check before calling sales

Developer experience
64

Free access, docs, SDKs, OpenAPI, sandbox, realtime delivery, ecosystem

Computed from public data only; uptime and latency are not measured yet. Enterprise feeds that sell by contract score lower on transparency by design. How the score works

Starting price
$1/mo
Free access
Free tier
Sports
2 (Basketball, College sports)
Live data
Not disclosed
Delivery
Polling only (REST)
Discussions
1 threads
GitHub adoption
42 repos

Best for

College basketball analysts and developers who want a free personal API key, CSV exports and historical data, with commercial use allowed.

College basketball analysisTeam metrics dashboardsCSV data exportsNotebook-based research

Not ideal for

Projects needing odds, live scores or sports other than college basketball and football; redistribution of the data is not allowed.

Limitations to check

  • − Redistribution not allowed by the terms
  • − Full team metrics and shooting profiles need Tier 2+
  • − Free key request limit not confirmed on saved pages
  • − Support by email and Discord, no SLA

Written from the provider's own pages (source).

Last checked 2026-11-03

CollegeBasketballData.com at a glance

What is CollegeBasketballData.com best for?
College basketball analysts and developers who want a free personal API key, CSV exports and historical data, with commercial use allowed. Not ideal for: Projects needing odds, live scores or sports other than college basketball and football; redistribution of the data is not allowed.
How much does CollegeBasketballData.com cost?
The cheapest public paid plan of CollegeBasketballData.com is $1/mo. Listed plans: Tier 1+ $1/mo; Tier 2+ $5/mo; Tier 3+ $10/mo; CBB Starter Pack $39 one-time.
Does CollegeBasketballData.com have a free tier?
Yes. CollegeBasketballData.com lists a free plan called "Free".
What does CollegeBasketballData.com cover?
CollegeBasketballData.com is a free / open data. Its sports: Basketball, College sports; data: Fixtures, Historical data, Player stats, Results, Standings, Team stats.
Does CollegeBasketballData.com have a WebSocket or streaming API?
No streaming is listed. CollegeBasketballData.com delivers data by REST, CSV download, so you poll for updates.
Can I use CollegeBasketballData.com data commercially or for betting?
According to the public terms of CollegeBasketballData.com — commercial use: allowed; redistribution: not allowed; storing data: allowed.
What do developers say about CollegeBasketballData.com?
College basketball API from the CFBD team with a free personal key and official Python and R clients. A community Node wrapper exists, and one betting-model video holds it up as a clean, cheap alternative to maintaining scrapers. Little other independent discussion, so detailed quality or limit feedback is missing.
What are the alternatives to CollegeBasketballData.com?
Close alternatives in the SportDex catalog: CollegeFootballData.com, iSports API, Data Sports Group, EuroLeague API, Sportradar.

Commercial decision

Pricing & plan limits

PlanPriceRequestsWhat's included
FreeFree—Core API usage and basic CSV exportsource
Tier 1+$1/mo—Chart export, ad-free; billed via Patreonsource
Tier 2+$5/mo—Bookmarks, saved queries, full team metrics explorersource
Tier 3+$10/mo—Adds priority supportsource
CBB Starter Pack$39 one-time—119 CSV files and 16 notebooks, 2027 preseason editionsource

Catalog hint of 1,000 calls/month on the free key was not confirmed by the crawled pages, so request_limit is null. docs_url is the home page; dedicated docs not captured.

Before choosing a paid plan, confirm

• What counts as one request (per call, per market, per region?)

• What happens when you exceed the quota: blocked or billed

• Whether live and historical data are on your plan

• Whether your use (public app, betting, resale) is licensed

The critical question

Data coverage

Sports
BasketballCollege sports
Data types
FixturesHistorical dataPlayer statsResultsStandingsTeam stats
Key competitions
Not disclosed
Competitions
Not disclosed
Live / in-play
Not disclosed
Women's competitions
Not disclosed
Betting markets
Not disclosed
Bookmaker regions
Not disclosed
Bookmakers
Not disclosed
History depth
historical CSV through 2025-26
Update frequency
Not disclosed
Name languages
Not disclosed
ID mapping
Not disclosed

Coverage often depends on the plan; confirm the exact league and season on your plan.

Before you build

Usage rights & access

Commercial use
Allowedsource
Betting products
Not disclosed
Redistribution
Not allowed
Storing data
Allowed
Attribution
Not required
Logos & photos
Not included
Who can buy
Individuals, Companiessource
Verification (KYC)
Not required
Not available in
Not disclosed
Only available in
Not disclosed

API key tied to a verified email; one subscription and shared quota cover both CFBD and CBBD

Read the terms

Developer-ready evaluation

Integration & documentation

Protocols
RESTCSV download
Formats
JSON, CSV
Authentication
api key
SDKs
python, typescript
OpenAPI spec
Not disclosed
Claimed latency
Not disclosed
Status page
Not disclosed
Sandbox / test keys
Not disclosed
Support
email, discord
SLA uptime
Not disclosed
Preview brief
# Integration brief: CollegeBasketballData.com

Goal: build a feature on CollegeBasketballData.com data. Use only the official documentation below as the source of truth.

## Known facts (from SportDex, verify before relying on them)
- Website: https://collegebasketballdata.com
- Docs: https://collegebasketballdata.com
- Sports: Basketball, College sports
- Data: Fixtures, Historical data, Player stats, Results, Standings, Team stats
- Protocols: REST, CSV download; formats: json, csv
- Auth: api_key
- Free plan: Free
- Cheapest paid plan: $1/mo
- Note: Catalog hint of 1,000 calls/month on the free key was not confirmed by the crawled pages, so request_limit is null. docs_url is the home page; dedicated docs not captured.

## Verify before writing code
- live update frequency
- exact endpoint paths, parameters and response fields (read the official docs, do not guess)

## Implementation rules
- Keep the API key on the server (environment variable, backend route or edge function); never ship it to the browser.
- Cache responses and respect rate limits; count how many requests each screen triggers.
- Handle errors explicitly: invalid key, quota exceeded (429), missing fields, empty fixtures, timeouts.
- Start with one demo request and log the raw response before building UI on assumed field names.

Data quality signals

Data source & company

Official partners
Not disclosed
How data is collected
Not disclosed
Certifications
Not disclosed
Payment methods
Not disclosed
Minimum contract
Not disclosed
Country
Not disclosed
Founded
Not disclosed

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What developers say

Too little discussionfree tierpricingalternatives

College basketball API from the CFBD team with a free personal key and official Python and R clients. A community Node wrapper exists, and one betting-model video holds it up as a clean, cheap alternative to maintaining scrapers. Little other independent discussion, so detailed quality or limit feedback is missing.

Praised for

  • Free personal API key
  • Official Python and R clients
  • Cheaper than scraping upkeep

Complaints

    Nothing specific.

    Our summary of public discussions, not a rating. Vendor posts are not counted as user opinion.

    Discussions

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    Evidence & transparency

    Official sources

    Facts were extracted from the provider's own pages on 2026-11-03. Empty fields mean the provider does not say, not that the feature is missing. How we know