WBB — additional Python functions — Dates and seasons

most_recent_wbb_season

most_recent_wbb_season()

Return the most recent women's college basketball season year.

The women's college basketball season spans late October through early April; for any month October-December the "current season" is the following calendar year (e.g. October 2025 returns 2026).

Returns

The most recent / current season year.

Example

from sportsdataverse.wbb import most_recent_wbb_season, espn_wbb_schedule
season = most_recent_wbb_season()
sched = espn_wbb_schedule(dates=season)