Men's College Basketball API

Upcoming and live Men's College Basketball games

From the /events endpoint for this league, refreshed every few minutes. Times are US Eastern. Full Men's College Basketball schedule

Live example

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $RSA_API_KEY" \
  "https://www.realtimesportsapi.com/api/v1/sports/basketball/leagues/mens-college-basketball/events?limit=1"

{
  "success": true,
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "401920982",
      "uid": "s:40~l:41~e:401920982",
      "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Villanova Wildcats",
      "shortName": "ND VS VILL",
      "date": "2026-11-01T14:30Z",
      "status": {
        "state": "pre",
        "completed": false,
        "period": 0,
        "clock": "0:00",
        "detail": "Sun, November 1st at 9:30 AM EST",
        "halftime": false,
        "firstHalfEnded": false
      },
      "homeTeam": {
        "id": "222",
        "name": "Villanova Wildcats",
        "abbreviation": "VILL",
        "logo": "https://realtimesportsapi.com/api/images/proxy?id=GgcVSgNPTUMITUgaFFQVVVQXBVwOHV5LRQBZD1lbBllDXR0CWxFaV1xZTB9bVhQGX10",
        "color": "00205b",
        "alternateColor": "13b5ea",
        "winner": false,
        "score": 0
      },
      "awayTeam": {
        "id": "87",
        "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish",
        "abbreviation": "ND",
        "logo": "https://realtimesportsapi.com/api/images/proxy?id=GgcVSgNPTUMITUgaFFQVVVQXBVwOHV5LRQBZD1lbBllDXR0CWxFaV1xZTBVeSkoYVg",
        "color": "062340",
        "alternateColor": "c99700",
        "winner": false,
        "score": 0
      },
      "competition": {
        "attendance": 0,
        "neutralSite": true,
        "conferenceCompetition": false,
        "divisionCompetition": false,
        "playByPlayAvailable": false,
        "highlightsAvailable": true
      },
      "venue": {
        "id": "3282",
        "name": "Palazzo dello Sport",
        "city": "Rome",
        "state": "Italy",
        "indoor": true,
        "grass": false
      },
      "notes": [
        "Eternal City Tip-Off"
      ],
      "season": {
        "year": 2027,
        "displayName": "2026-27",
        "type": {
          "id": "2",
          "name": "Regular Season",
          "abbreviation": "reg"
        },
        "week": {
          "number": 1,
          "startDate": "2026-11-01T07:00Z",
          "endDate": "2026-11-09T07:59Z",
          "text": "Week 1"
        }
      },
      "broadcasts": [],
      "officials": []
    }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "rateLimit": {
      "limit": 125,
      "remaining": 124,
      "reset": 1793491200000
    }
  }
}

Men's College Basketball endpoints

Checked against live data on 2026-10-04. Paths are relative to /api/v1/sports/basketball/leagues/mens-college-basketball.

• Schedules are by date, not week: use /events for the current scoreboard and /seasons/{season}/schedule for a season. Week parameters return SCHEDULE_WEEKS_NOT_SUPPORTED.
• NCAA tournament games (region, round, First Four flag) are available from /seasons/{season}/tournament.
• The season starts in November, so play-by-play, box scores and injuries could not be checked on the verification date.

Event object fields

Every Men's College Basketball game in the events, live and schedule endpoints uses the same Event object as other leagues.

Code samples

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $RSA_API_KEY" \
  "https://www.realtimesportsapi.com/api/v1/sports/basketball/leagues/mens-college-basketball/events?limit=5"

const res = await fetch("https://www.realtimesportsapi.com/api/v1/sports/basketball/leagues/mens-college-basketball/events?limit=5", {
  headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.RSA_API_KEY}` }
});
const { success, data, meta } = await res.json();
console.log(data, meta.rateLimit);

import os, requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://www.realtimesportsapi.com/api/v1/sports/basketball/leagues/mens-college-basketball/events?limit=5",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['RSA_API_KEY']}"},
    timeout=10,
)
body = res.json()
print(body["data"])

Using the Realtime Sports MCP server (https://www.realtimesportsapi.com/api/mcp), call get_events with sport "basketball" and league "mens-college-basketball" and list the games it returns with start times, status and scores for Men's College Basketball.

Rate limits and pricing

Every successful REST call counts as one call. Over the limit you get HTTP 429 with a Retry-After header. No SLA. Full pricing.

29 leagues monitored live: NFL, college football, NBA, men's college basketball, MLB, NHL and 23 soccer competitions.

FAQ

Is there a free Men's College Basketball API?

Yes. The Free plan is $0 with 125 calls per month (1,000 in the first 30 days) at 1 request per second, no card required. The same key works for all 29 leagues.

How fresh is the Men's College Basketball data?

Data is aggregated from public sources and is typically 20-30 seconds behind live play (about 1 second after our source). There is no SLA. It is not intended for in-play betting that needs sub-second data.

Which Men's College Basketball endpoints are available?

Available: live scores, events (scoreboard), event detail, teams, rosters, athletes, news, schedule / weeks, ncaa tournament. Not available or not verified: play-by-play (seasonal / not verified), box score (seasonal / not verified), odds (seasonal / not verified), win probability (not verified), injuries (seasonal / not verified).

Does the Men's College Basketball API include betting odds?

Not currently. Preseason or off-season when checked; no odds were returned for the games available. The odds endpoint returns data: null with a message when a game has no odds.

Does it include Men's College Basketball injuries?

Injury reports are seasonal; none were published when we checked during the off-season.

Can I get Men's College Basketball score updates pushed instead of polling?

Yes. Webhooks are included on every paid plan (Starter, Growth, Pro, Scale). WebSocket is included on paid plans, and the Free plan gets a 500-message monthly preview. Both can be filtered to mens-college-basketball.