Thanks to the efforts of the indefatigable researcher Dave Quinn, College Basketball Reference has made a significant update to its historical college basketball data.
The update includes the following:
- Statistics for 1,081 season-level opponent's statistics
- Additions to 182 player season statistics
- 39 first names added or updated
- 29 heights added
- 27 player season stat lines added
- 21 team or opponent season totals updated
- 1 erroneous player season removed
- 1 last name fixed
The bulk of this update was in team opponent statistics. This data has been complete on our since back to 2009-10 for some time. Additionally, it is substantially complete in officially tracked categories going back decades further with a notable exception. From 2001-02 through 2008-09 the official NCAA reports were often missing opponent stats due to a format change. This update does a lot to remedy this as we now have ~half complete opponent statistics for the period from 2002-03 through 2008-09 (with a lot more still missing in 2001-02).