Build a wide, one-row-per-team-per-season crosswalk linking ESPN,
Fox Sports (Bifrost), and Bart Torvik (barttorvik.com/ncaaw) women's
college basketball team identities, keyed on espn_team_id. Yahoo
columns are NA placeholders. ESPN is deduped by team_id (first
occurrence kept). Fox is joined on the full normalized mascot name (with
a curated alias bridge for cases where Fox and ESPN differ); Torvik is
joined on the normalized school/location name after a curated alias pass
for common divergences (e.g. "UConn" / "Connecticut", "Ole Miss" /
"Mississippi").
Usage
wbb_team_crosswalk(season = most_recent_wbb_season(), fox = NULL)Arguments
- season
Season year (4-digit, e.g.
2025). Defaults tomost_recent_wbb_season().- fox
An already-fetched
fox_wbb_teams_all()frame, orNULL(default) to fetch live. Accepts a pre-fetched frame to avoid the ~60-second Fox enumeration when calling repeatedly.
Value
A wehoop_data tibble, one row per ESPN team:
| col_name | types | description |
| season | integer | Season year. |
| espn_team_id | integer | ESPN team id (canonical key). |
| espn_abbreviation | character | ESPN abbreviation. |
| espn_display_name | character | ESPN display name (school + mascot). |
| espn_short_name | character | ESPN short name. |
| espn_location | character | ESPN school/location only. |
| espn_mascot | character | ESPN mascot/nickname. |
| espn_conference | character | ESPN conference name. |
| fox_team_id | character | Fox Bifrost team id (NA if unmatched). |
| fox_team_name | character | Fox team name (NA if unmatched). |
| fox_section | character | Fox conference/section label (NA if unmatched). |
| bart_team | character | Torvik team name (NA if unmatched). |
| bart_conf | character | Torvik conference abbreviation (NA if unmatched). |
| yahoo_team_id | character | Yahoo team id (NA placeholder). |
| yahoo_team_name | character | Yahoo team name (NA placeholder). |
| fox_match_confidence | numeric | 1 for matched, NA for unmatched. |
| bart_match_confidence | numeric | 1 for matched, NA for unmatched. |
| match_method | character | "fox+bart"/"fox_only"/"bart_only"/"espn_only". |
See also
Other WBB Crosswalk Functions:
load_wbb_player_crosswalk(),
load_wbb_schedule_crosswalk(),
load_wbb_team_crosswalk(),
wbb_player_crosswalk(),
wbb_schedule_crosswalk()
Examples
# \donttest{
try(wbb_team_crosswalk(season = 2025))
#> ✖ 2026-06-12 14:58:16.856566: Invalid arguments or no Fox wcbk teams data available!
#> ✖ Args: sport = "wcbk", resource = "teams", game_id = NULL, team_id = "3", category = "scoring", who = "player", page = 0
#> ✖ Error: The API returned an error
#> ✖ 2026-06-12 14:58:18.994601: Invalid arguments or no Fox wcbk teams data available!
#> ✖ Args: sport = "wcbk", resource = "teams", game_id = NULL, team_id = "200", category = "scoring", who = "player", page = 0
#> ✖ Error: The API returned an error
#> ✖ 2026-06-12 14:58:19.250731: Invalid arguments or no Fox wcbk teams data available!
#> ✖ Args: sport = "wcbk", resource = "teams", game_id = NULL, team_id = "226", category = "scoring", who = "player", page = 0
#> ✖ Error: The API returned an error
#> ✖ 2026-06-12 14:58:19.428773: Invalid arguments or no Fox wcbk teams data available!
#> ✖ Args: sport = "wcbk", resource = "teams", game_id = NULL, team_id = "231", category = "scoring", who = "player", page = 0
#> ✖ Error: The API returned an error
#> ✖ 2026-06-12 14:58:19.870474: Invalid arguments or no Fox wcbk teams data available!
#> ✖ Args: sport = "wcbk", resource = "teams", game_id = NULL, team_id = "350", category = "scoring", who = "player", page = 0
#> ✖ Error: The API returned an error
#> ✖ 2026-06-12 14:58:20.068408: Invalid arguments or no Fox wcbk teams data available!
#> ✖ Args: sport = "wcbk", resource = "teams", game_id = NULL, team_id = "351", category = "scoring", who = "player", page = 0
#> ✖ Error: The API returned an error
#> ✖ 2026-06-12 14:58:20.370261: Invalid arguments or no Fox wcbk teams data available!
#> ✖ Args: sport = "wcbk", resource = "teams", game_id = NULL, team_id = "352", category = "scoring", who = "player", page = 0
#> ✖ Error: The API returned an error
#> ✖ 2026-06-12 14:58:20.652296: Invalid arguments or no Fox wcbk teams data available!
#> ✖ Args: sport = "wcbk", resource = "teams", game_id = NULL, team_id = "353", category = "scoring", who = "player", page = 0
#> ✖ Error: The API returned an error
#> ✖ 2026-06-12 14:58:20.815777: Invalid arguments or no Fox wcbk teams data available!
#> ✖ Args: sport = "wcbk", resource = "teams", game_id = NULL, team_id = "354", category = "scoring", who = "player", page = 0
#> ✖ Error: The API returned an error
#> ✖ 2026-06-12 14:58:21.057389: Invalid arguments or no Fox wcbk teams data available!
#> ✖ Args: sport = "wcbk", resource = "teams", game_id = NULL, team_id = "355", category = "scoring", who = "player", page = 0
#> ✖ Error: The API returned an error
#> ✖ 2026-06-12 14:58:21.378869: Invalid arguments or no Fox wcbk teams data available!
#> ✖ Args: sport = "wcbk", resource = "teams", game_id = NULL, team_id = "356", category = "scoring", who = "player", page = 0
#> ✖ Error: The API returned an error
#> ✖ 2026-06-12 14:58:21.663515: Invalid arguments or no Fox wcbk teams data available!
#> ✖ Args: sport = "wcbk", resource = "teams", game_id = NULL, team_id = "357", category = "scoring", who = "player", page = 0
#> ✖ Error: The API returned an error
#> ✖ 2026-06-12 14:58:21.927796: Invalid arguments or no Fox wcbk teams data available!
#> ✖ Args: sport = "wcbk", resource = "teams", game_id = NULL, team_id = "358", category = "scoring", who = "player", page = 0
#> ✖ Error: The API returned an error
#> ✖ 2026-06-12 14:58:22.096076: Invalid arguments or no Fox wcbk teams data available!
#> ✖ Args: sport = "wcbk", resource = "teams", game_id = NULL, team_id = "359", category = "scoring", who = "player", page = 0
#> ✖ Error: The API returned an error
#> ✖ 2026-06-12 14:58:22.24476: Invalid arguments or no Fox wcbk teams data available!
#> ✖ Args: sport = "wcbk", resource = "teams", game_id = NULL, team_id = "360", category = "scoring", who = "player", page = 0
#> ✖ Error: The API returned an error
#> ✖ 2026-06-12 14:58:22.503088: Invalid arguments or no Fox wcbk teams data available!
#> ✖ Args: sport = "wcbk", resource = "teams", game_id = NULL, team_id = "361", category = "scoring", who = "player", page = 0
#> ✖ Error: The API returned an error
#> ✖ 2026-06-12 14:58:22.678805: Invalid arguments or no Fox wcbk teams data available!
#> ✖ Args: sport = "wcbk", resource = "teams", game_id = NULL, team_id = "362", category = "scoring", who = "player", page = 0
#> ✖ Error: The API returned an error
#> ✖ 2026-06-12 14:58:22.877348: Invalid arguments or no Fox wcbk teams data available!
#> ✖ Args: sport = "wcbk", resource = "teams", game_id = NULL, team_id = "363", category = "scoring", who = "player", page = 0
#> ✖ Error: The API returned an error
#> ✖ 2026-06-12 14:58:23.045469: Invalid arguments or no Fox wcbk teams data available!
#> ✖ Args: sport = "wcbk", resource = "teams", game_id = NULL, team_id = "364", category = "scoring", who = "player", page = 0
#> ✖ Error: The API returned an error
#> ✖ 2026-06-12 14:58:23.235969: Invalid arguments or no Fox wcbk teams data available!
#> ✖ Args: sport = "wcbk", resource = "teams", game_id = NULL, team_id = "365", category = "scoring", who = "player", page = 0
#> ✖ Error: The API returned an error
#> ✖ 2026-06-12 14:58:23.392753: Invalid arguments or no Fox wcbk teams data available!
#> ✖ Args: sport = "wcbk", resource = "teams", game_id = NULL, team_id = "367", category = "scoring", who = "player", page = 0
#> ✖ Error: The API returned an error
#> ✖ 2026-06-12 14:58:23.616418: Invalid arguments or no Fox wcbk teams data available!
#> ✖ Args: sport = "wcbk", resource = "teams", game_id = NULL, team_id = "368", category = "scoring", who = "player", page = 0
#> ✖ Error: The API returned an error
#> ✖ 2026-06-12 14:58:23.783831: Invalid arguments or no Fox wcbk teams data available!
#> ✖ Args: sport = "wcbk", resource = "teams", game_id = NULL, team_id = "369", category = "scoring", who = "player", page = 0
#> ✖ Error: The API returned an error
#> ✖ 2026-06-12 14:58:24.00442: Invalid arguments or no Fox wcbk teams data available!
#> ✖ Args: sport = "wcbk", resource = "teams", game_id = NULL, team_id = "370", category = "scoring", who = "player", page = 0
#> ✖ Error: The API returned an error
#> ✖ 2026-06-12 14:58:24.247886: Invalid arguments or no Fox wcbk teams data available!
#> ✖ Args: sport = "wcbk", resource = "teams", game_id = NULL, team_id = "371", category = "scoring", who = "player", page = 0
#> ✖ Error: The API returned an error
#> ✖ 2026-06-12 14:58:24.434247: Invalid arguments or no Fox wcbk teams data available!
#> ✖ Args: sport = "wcbk", resource = "teams", game_id = NULL, team_id = "372", category = "scoring", who = "player", page = 0
#> ✖ Error: The API returned an error
#> ✖ 2026-06-12 14:58:24.600012: Invalid arguments or no Fox wcbk teams data available!
#> ✖ Args: sport = "wcbk", resource = "teams", game_id = NULL, team_id = "373", category = "scoring", who = "player", page = 0
#> ✖ Error: The API returned an error
#> ✖ 2026-06-12 14:58:24.780986: Invalid arguments or no Fox wcbk teams data available!
#> ✖ Args: sport = "wcbk", resource = "teams", game_id = NULL, team_id = "374", category = "scoring", who = "player", page = 0
#> ✖ Error: The API returned an error
#> ✖ 2026-06-12 14:58:25.064739: Invalid arguments or no Fox wcbk teams data available!
#> ✖ Args: sport = "wcbk", resource = "teams", game_id = NULL, team_id = "375", category = "scoring", who = "player", page = 0
#> ✖ Error: The API returned an error
#> ── WBB team crosswalk (ESPN / Fox / Torvik) ──────────────────── wehoop 3.0.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-06-12 14:58:25 UTC
#> # A tibble: 361 × 18
#> season espn_team_id espn_abbreviation espn_display_name espn_short_name
#> <int> <int> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 2025 2000 ACU Abilene Christian Wild… Abilene Chrstn
#> 2 2025 2005 AF Air Force Falcons Air Force
#> 3 2025 2006 AKR Akron Zips Akron
#> 4 2025 2010 AAMU Alabama A&M Bulldogs Alabama A&M
#> 5 2025 333 ALA Alabama Crimson Tide Alabama
#> 6 2025 2011 ALST Alabama State Lady Hor… Alabama St
#> 7 2025 2016 ALCN Alcorn State Lady Brav… Alcorn St
#> 8 2025 44 AMER American University Ea… American
#> 9 2025 2026 APP App State Mountaineers App State
#> 10 2025 9 ASU Arizona State Sun Devi… Arizona St
#> # ℹ 351 more rows
#> # ℹ 13 more variables: espn_location <chr>, espn_mascot <chr>,
#> # espn_conference <chr>, fox_team_id <chr>, fox_team_name <chr>,
#> # fox_section <chr>, bart_team <chr>, bart_conf <chr>, yahoo_team_id <chr>,
#> # yahoo_team_name <chr>, fox_match_confidence <dbl>,
#> # bart_match_confidence <dbl>, match_method <chr>
# }