helper that loads multiple seasons from the data repo either into memory or writes it into a db using some forwarded arguments in the dots
load_mbb_player_box(
seasons = most_recent_mbb_season(),
...,
dbConnection = NULL,
tablename = NULL
)A vector of 4-digit years associated with given men's college basketball seasons. (Min: 2003)
Additional arguments passed to an underlying function that writes
the season data into a database (used by update_mbb_db()).
A DBIConnection object, as returned by
The name of the play by play data table within the database
Returns a tibble
# \donttest{
load_mbb_player_box(2021)
#> # A tibble: 85,458 × 34
#> athlete_display_n… team_short_disp… min fg fg3 ft oreb dreb reb
#> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 Radshad Davis Florida Int'l 32 3-11 1-5 4-4 3 3 6
#> 2 DJ Mitchell Florida Int'l 26 4-11 2-6 4-5 1 1 2
#> 3 Tevin Brewer Florida Int'l 33 9-13 5-8 0-0 0 1 1
#> 4 Dante Wilcox Florida Int'l 20 2-6 0-0 0-1 2 2 4
#> 5 Antonio Daye Jr. Florida Int'l 33 5-13 0-1 2-3 1 4 5
#> 6 Dimon Carrigan Florida Int'l 20 4-5 0-0 2-2 4 7 11
#> 7 Petar Krivokapic Florida Int'l 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
#> 8 Javaunte Hawkins Florida Int'l 10 1-3 1-3 0-0 0 0 0
#> 9 Jonathan Nunez Florida Int'l 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
#> 10 Cameron Corcoran Florida Int'l 18 0-5 0-3 0-0 1 0 1
#> # … with 85,448 more rows, and 25 more variables: ast <chr>, stl <chr>,
#> # blk <chr>, to <chr>, pf <chr>, pts <chr>, starter <lgl>, ejected <lgl>,
#> # did_not_play <lgl>, active <lgl>, athlete_jersey <chr>, athlete_id <chr>,
#> # athlete_short_name <chr>, athlete_headshot_href <chr>,
#> # athlete_position_name <chr>, athlete_position_abbreviation <chr>,
#> # team_name <chr>, team_logo <chr>, team_id <chr>, team_abbreviation <chr>,
#> # team_color <chr>, game_id <int>, season <int>, season_type <int>, …
# }