Okay, so I was messing around with college sports data today, and I decided to dig into the Pac-12 Conference teams. It’s something I’ve been meaning to do for a while, and I finally got around to it.
Getting Started
First things first, I needed a list of the teams. I mean, you can’t really do anything without knowing who’s who, right? So I started with a simple search. I just typed “Pac-12 Conference teams” into a search engine and, boom, there it was. Pretty straightforward.
Organizing the Info
Once I had the list, I wanted to make it a little easier to work with. I created a basic text file. Just a simple, no-frills document. Then, I copied and pasted the team names into the file. I thought about using a spreadsheet, but for this, a plain text file seemed like the easiest way to go.
- Arizona Wildcats
- Arizona State Sun Devils
- California Golden Bears
- Colorado Buffaloes
- Oregon Ducks
- Oregon State Beavers
- Stanford Cardinal
- UCLA Bruins
- USC Trojans
- Utah Utes
- Washington Huskies
- Washington State Cougars
Diving Deeper (Eventually)
Now that I have this list, I can do some other stuff. I could write a little program to pull data about each team – things like win/loss records, player stats, you name it. The basic team list is the key to unlock all that other data.
Wrapping Up
So, yeah, that’s pretty much it. It wasn’t some super complicated project, but it’s a start. Now I’ve got a clean list of the Pac-12 teams, and I can use that as a foundation for more in-depth stuff later. Sometimes, the simplest things are the most useful, you know?
