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Women's College Basketball API

A women's college basketball API for every Division I team: get schedules, live scores with the quarter and game clock on paid plans, final scores by quarter with every overtime period, conference standings, the weekly AP Top 25 and Coaches Poll, and every team's roster, through the conference tournaments, the NCAA tournament and the national championship. The free plan covers the current season's schedule, final scores, standings, polls and rosters.

Men's college basketball is league=ncaab in the same API: see the College Basketball API guide. For the WNBA, see the WNBA API.

Women's college basketball (NCAA Division I) is served by the Basketball API with league=ncaaw. The same API key works for every sports API.

Available endpoints:

Women's College Basketball data at a glance

TeamsEvery Division I women's team with its conference, school name and home arena; ids such as ncaaw-uconn and ncaaw-south-carolina
Season valueseason=2026 is the 2026-27 season, November to April (season_label 2026-27)
Season typesregular, conference_tournament and postseason (the NCAA tournament and the other postseason tournaments), with the tournament and round in event
Rankings and seedshome_team and away_team carry the AP Top 25 rank at tip-off, and the seed in NCAA tournament games
Polls/v1/basketballstandings?league=ncaaw&poll=ap returns the AP Top 25 for any week; poll=coaches the Coaches Poll
ScoringPoints by quarter in period_scores, with each overtime period. Seasons before 2015-16 were played in halves, so their games have two periods
Opponents outside Division IGames against Division II, III and NAIA teams are included; those opponents have a team_id and name on the game
RostersPosition, jersey number, height, hometown and class_year

Women's College Basketball standings fields

Conference by conference: wins, losses, win_pct, conference_record, conference_win_pct, games_behind (conference leader), points_for, points_against, streak, home and road records, and the position in the conference in conference_rank.

4 endpoints

https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/basketballgames

Returns schedules, live scores and final scores. Ask for one day, a team's season or one game; with only league you get today's games. Paid plans see games in progress with the score, period and clock updated throughout the game; the free plan sees their status and the final score once they end. The free plan covers the current season. Developer plans add the three previous seasons, and the Business tier and above gets the full season archive.

Full parameter and response reference: /v1/basketballgames.

Live Demo

Live demo · no API key required
Query parameters
league
date
team
season
season_type
status
game_id
limit
offset

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Headers
X-Api-KeyLog in or sign up to get your API key
GET
https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/basketballgames?league=ncaaw
Sample response
[
{
"game_id": "ncaaw-20260321-how-osu",
"league": "ncaaw",
"sport": "basketball",
"season": 2025,
"season_label": "2025-26",
"season_type": "postseason",
"date": "2026-03-21",
"start_time": "2026-03-21T15:30:00Z",
"status": "final",
"status_detail": null,
"period": 4,
"clock": null,
"home_team": {
"team_id": "ncaaw-ohio-state",
"name": "Ohio State Buckeyes",
"abbreviation": "OSU",
"rank": null,
"seed": 3
},
"away_team": {
"team_id": "ncaaw-howard",
"name": "Howard Bison",
"abbreviation": "HOW",
"rank": null,
"seed": 14
},
"home_score": 75,
"away_score": 54,
"period_scores": {
"home": [
20,
23,
19,
13
],
"away": [
15,
4,
17,
18
]
},
"event": "NCAA Women's Basketball Championship - Regional 1 in Fort Worth - 1st Round",
"conference_game": false,
"decided_in": "regulation",
"winner": "ncaaw-ohio-state",
"venue": {
"name": "Schottenstein Center",
"city": "Columbus",
"state": "OH",
"country": "US"
},
"neutral_site": false,
"original_date": null,
"updated_at": "2026-10-29T23:14:27Z"
}
]

Code Examples

curl -X GET "https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/basketballgames?league=ncaaw" \ -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/basketballstandings

Returns the league table for a season, ordered by league rank, or by conference or division rank when you filter; college tables come conference by conference. For college, poll returns a weekly poll instead: the AP Top 25 or the Coaches Poll. Tables update throughout the season, shortly after each game ends. The free plan covers the current season. Developer plans add the three previous seasons, and the Business tier and above gets the full season archive.

Full parameter and response reference: /v1/basketballstandings.

Live Demo

Live demo · no API key required
Query parameters
league
season
conference
division
poll
week

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Headers
X-Api-KeyLog in or sign up to get your API key
GET
https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/basketballstandings?league=ncaaw
Sample response
[
{
"league": "ncaaw",
"sport": "basketball",
"season": 2025,
"season_label": "2025-26",
"team": {
"team_id": "ncaaw-south-carolina",
"name": "South Carolina Gamecocks",
"abbreviation": "SC"
},
"conference": "SEC",
"division": null,
"games_played": 40,
"wins": 36,
"losses": 4,
"win_pct": 0.9,
"games_behind": 0,
"points_for": 3423,
"points_against": 2312,
"point_differential": 1111,
"streak": "L1",
"home_record": "18-0",
"away_record": "11-1",
"conference_record": "15-1",
"conference_win_pct": 0.9375,
"conference_rank": 1,
"final": true
}
]

Code Examples

curl -X GET "https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/basketballstandings?league=ncaaw" \ -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/basketballteams

Lists teams with their league, conference, division and home venue. Available on every plan.

Full parameter and response reference: /v1/basketballteams.

Live Demo

Live demo · no API key required
Query parameters
league
team
conference
division
active

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Headers
X-Api-KeyLog in or sign up to get your API key
GET
https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/basketballteams?league=ncaaw
Sample response
[
{
"team_id": "ncaaw-uconn",
"league": "ncaaw",
"sport": "basketball",
"abbreviation": "CONN",
"name": "UConn Huskies",
"school": "UConn",
"nickname": "Huskies",
"city": "Hartford",
"state": "CT",
"conference": "Big East",
"division": null,
"venue": {
"name": "PeoplesBank Arena",
"city": "Hartford",
"state": "CT",
"country": "US"
},
"active": true
}
]

Code Examples

curl -X GET "https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/basketballteams?league=ncaaw" \ -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/basketballplayers

Returns current rosters and player profiles, by team or by name. Rosters refresh every day. Available on every plan.

Full parameter and response reference: /v1/basketballplayers.

Live Demo

Live demo · no API key required
Query parameters
league
team
name
player_id
position
limit
offset

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Headers
X-Api-KeyLog in or sign up to get your API key
GET
https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/basketballplayers?league=ncaaw&team=UConn
Sample response
[
{
"player_id": "ncaaw-p-0075914960",
"league": "ncaaw",
"team": {
"team_id": "ncaaw-uconn",
"name": "UConn Huskies",
"abbreviation": "CONN"
},
"name": "Allie Ziebell",
"first_name": "Allie",
"last_name": "Ziebell",
"position": "G",
"jersey_number": "11",
"height_in": 72,
"height_cm": 183,
"weight_lb": null,
"weight_kg": null,
"birth_date": null,
"birth_place": {
"city": "Neenah",
"state": "WI",
"country": "US"
},
"roster_status": "active",
"class_year": "junior"
}
]

Code Examples

curl -X GET "https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/basketballplayers?league=ncaaw&team=UConn" \ -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Yes, but you must have a premium subscription. Commercial use of the Women's College Basketball API is not permitted on the free tier. See our pricing page to choose a plan that fits your needs.
  • Sign up for a free account to instantly get your API key, then pass it in the X-Api-Key header on every request. The documentation above includes ready-to-run examples in cURL, Python, JavaScript, Node.js, and more.
  • Your API requests will simply be denied once you hit your monthly quota — you will never be charged more than the plan you signed up for. To increase your quota, you can upgrade your plan any time on our pricing page.
  • The API responds with a standard HTTP status code and a JSON error message describing the problem. See our error codes reference for the full list of codes and how to resolve each one, or contact support if you need help.
  • Yes. The free plan covers the current season for every Division I women's team: the schedule, final scores by quarter, conference standings, the weekly AP Top 25 and Coaches Poll, and rosters. Paid plans add live scores with the quarter and game clock, and past seasons.
  • Call /v1/basketballgames?league=ncaaw&date=YYYY-MM-DD with the US Eastern date. Without a date you get today's games.
  • Yes, with season_type=postseason, the region and round in event and each team's seed. Conference tournament games have season_type=conference_tournament.
  • Women's college basketball was played in halves until the 2014-15 season and in quarters since 2015-16, so games before then have two entries in period_scores (plus overtime).
  • Yes. Women's teams have their own ids, such as ncaaw-uconn, separate from men's teams such as ncaab-uconn. Use league=ncaaw for the women's game.

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