canonical: https://jentic.com/apis/sportsdata/sportsdata

# Sportsdata SportsDataIO NCAA Basketball (CBB) API

API for NCAA College Basketball (CBB) data including scores, schedules, standings, team and player information, box scores, tournament brackets (March Madness), and betting odds. Provided by SportsDataIO. The API exposes 21 endpoints secured with apiKey authentication.

## For AI agents

Programmatically are games in progress, current season. Covers 21 operations with apiKey authentication.

## Scope

Does not handle payments, communications, or crm - use for productivity only.

## Capabilities

- Are Games In Progress
- Current Season
- League Hierarchy
- Team Profiles - All
- Player Details - Active

## Use cases

### Productivity Operations

Use the SportsDataIO NCAA Basketball (CBB) API to perform productivity operations programmatically. The API provides 21 endpoints covering core functionality including are games in progress, current season, league hierarchy.

Example prompt: Call GET `/scores/{format}/AreAnyGamesInProgress` to are games in progress

### Automated Odds & Betting Management

Automate odds & betting operations by combining multiple SportsDataIO NCAA Basketball (CBB) API endpoints. Agents can current season and then league hierarchy in a single workflow.

Example prompt: Call GET `/scores/{format}/CurrentSeason` to current season, then verify the result

### AI Agent Integration via Jentic

AI agents discover and call SportsDataIO NCAA Basketball (CBB) API endpoints through Jentic without managing credentials directly. An agent searches for the required operation by intent, receives the matching endpoint schema, and executes the call with Jentic-managed authentication. This eliminates the need to read API documentation or handle apiKey tokens manually.

Example prompt: Search Jentic for 'are games in progress', load the operation schema, and execute with Jentic-managed credentials

## Key endpoints

| Method | Path | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| GET | `/scores/{format}/AreAnyGamesInProgress` | Are Games In Progress |
| GET | `/scores/{format}/CurrentSeason` | Current Season |
| GET | `/scores/{format}/LeagueHierarchy` | League Hierarchy |
| GET | `/scores/{format}/teams` | Team Profiles - All |
| GET | `/scores/{format}/TeamsBasic` | Teams (Basic) - All |
| GET | `/scores/{format}/PlayersByActive` | Player Details - Active |
| GET | `/scores/{format}/PlayersBasic/{team}` | Player Profiles - by Team |
| GET | `/scores/{format}/Stadiums` | Stadiums |

## Key resources

- **Odds & Betting** — Operations related to Odds & Betting
- **Scores** — Operations related to Scores
- **Standings & Rankings** — Operations related to Standings & Rankings
- **Stats** — Operations related to Stats
- **Teams & Players** — Operations related to Teams & Players

## AI readiness

This API is usable in Jentic One now. Its AI-readiness score against Jentic's framework shows where it stands today and where improvements would make it even easier for agents to use.

- **Score:** 53 / 100
- **Maturity:** Foundational
- **Dimensions:**
  - Foundational Compliance: 68 / 100
  - Developer Experience & Jentic Compatibility: 56 / 100
  - AI-Readiness & Agent Experience: 38 / 100
  - Agent Usability: 94 / 100
  - Security: 33 / 100
  - AI Discoverability: 77 / 100
- **View full report:** https://jentic.com/apis/sportsdata/sportsdata/scorecard
- **How the score is calculated:** https://docs.jentic.com/reference/api-readiness-framework/overview/
- **More about the dimensions:** https://docs.jentic.com/reference/api-readiness-framework/specification/#dimensional-model-overview

### Score it yourself

Every API in the directory is allowlisted, so you can re-score it with no key required.

- **Score your own API:** https://jentic.com/scorecard.md
- **Scoring CLI agent skill:** https://github.com/jentic/jentic-api-scorecard/blob/main/skills/jentic-api-scorecard/SKILL.md

```sh
npx @jentic/api-scorecard-cli score <openapi-url>
```

## Why Jentic

- **Setup:** Wiring the SportsDataIO NCAA Basketball (CBB) API by hand means provisioning its API key, attaching it to every request, and pointing calls at the api.sportsdata.io/v3/cbb host yourself. Through Jentic you install once, import the SportsDataIO NCAA Basketball (CBB) API from the API Directory, store the API key once, and your agent calls it.
- **Permission scoping:** The format and team values here travel as path segments that select a view rather than an owned resource, and every endpoint is a read, so limit the agent to the operations it needs, such as checking games in progress or listing teams. Naming operations, not a single team, is the honest boundary here.
- **Credential handling:** Your SportsDataIO API key is stored once, encrypted, by your own Jentic One instance and injected at execution time. It never enters the agent's prompt, logs, or context.
- **Discovery method:** Agents search Jentic by intent such as 'are any games in progress' or 'get the current season', and Jentic returns the matching SportsDataIO NCAA Basketball (CBB) API operation with its input schema so the agent calls the right endpoint without browsing the reference docs.

## Related APIs

- **Asana** — Alternative productivity API
- **Monday** — Alternative productivity API
- **Clickup** — Complementary productivity API

## FAQ

### What authentication does the SportsDataIO NCAA Basketball (CBB) API use?

The SportsDataIO NCAA Basketball (CBB) API uses an API key passed in the `key` query. Through Jentic, these credentials are stored encrypted in your Jentic One instance and injected at execution time, so raw secrets never enter the agent context.

### Can I are games in progress with the SportsDataIO NCAA Basketball (CBB) API?

Yes. Use the GET `/scores/{format}/AreAnyGamesInProgress` endpoint. The API returns structured JSON responses that agents can parse and act on directly.

### What are the rate limits for the SportsDataIO NCAA Basketball (CBB) API?

Rate limits are not specified in the OpenAPI spec. Check the vendor documentation for current limits. Through Jentic, rate limiting is handled automatically with retry logic built into the execution layer.

### How do I are games in progress through Jentic?

Install the Jentic SDK with pip install jentic, authenticate through Jentic One, the self-hosted execution layer, then search for 'are games in progress'. Jentic returns the matching SportsDataIO NCAA Basketball (CBB) API operation with its input schema. Load the schema and execute the call - credentials are injected automatically.

### How many endpoints does the SportsDataIO NCAA Basketball (CBB) API have?

The SportsDataIO NCAA Basketball (CBB) API exposes 21 endpoints covering odds & betting, scores, standings & rankings operations.

### Can I limit what my agent is allowed to do with the SportsDataIO NCAA Basketball (CBB) API?

Yes. Because you run Jentic One yourself, your own rules decide which of this API's operations the agent may call and which credentials it may use. Every endpoint here is read-only and its path values just select a view rather than an owned resource, so the honest boundary is naming operations: you can allow only what the agent needs, such as checking whether games are in progress or listing teams and players, while withholding the odds and betting or standings calls. Your SportsDataIO API key stays stored on your instance and is injected at execution time, never exposed to the agent.