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Hoops Ticker
A live college basketball score ticker for your Mac
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A live college basketball score ticker for your Mac
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Hoops Ticker scrolls every Division I game along the edge of your Mac's screen: live scores, AP ranks, records, logos and TV channels. Follow your team for alerts, or show only their game. Free, open source and native.
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Hi everyone, I'm the maker. I wanted live college basketball scores on my screen without keeping a browser tab open, so I built this small native Mac app. Follow your favorite team (plus a few more), get a notification at tip-off, halftime and the final, or show only your team's game in your team's colors. It's free and open source, signed and notarized, with no account or tracking. It uses ESPN's unofficial public API, so it could break if ESPN changes it, and it isn't affiliated with ESPN or the NCAA. I'd love feedback, especially from anyone using Intel Macs or multiple monitors.
What it does:
Every Division I game. Live scores, today’s finals and tonight’s tip times scroll by, with AP rankings shown next to ranked teams (#3 DUKE 71 – #12 UNC 68 · 14:22 2ND).
Follow your team. Pick any of the 365 D1 teams in Settings. Their game always scrolls first: live, today’s final, or their next game even if it’s a week away.
Looks ahead. Top 25 teams that aren’t playing today show their next game, so the ticker is never empty on an off night.
AP Top 25 in the menu bar. The full poll with records is one click away, and the 🏀 icon shows how many games are live.
Settings: Top 25 games only, show or hide finals and upcoming games, scroll speed, top or bottom of the screen.
The details:
Native Swift, about 200 KB. Not Electron.
Universal: runs on Apple Silicon and Intel, macOS 12 or newer. Notarized.
No account, no ads, no tracking. It only talks to ESPN’s public scoreboard.
Refreshes every 20 seconds while games are live and backs off when they aren’t.
Download: https://github.com/GeekNerdCarp/ncaa-hoops-ticker
It’s a 1.0.4, so I’d love feedback. What would you want added? Conference filters, a March Madness bracket mode? Some more updates coming today.
EDIT: Version 1.1.0 is out. Big update, thanks for all the feedback!
Here’s what’s new:
Follow your team like a fan
Show only my team’s game. One option holds your team’s game still in the center of the bar, in your team’s colors, with the score updating every 10 seconds while it’s live.
Team alerts. Mac notifications at tip-off, halftime, a close finish and the final score.
Follow up to 5 more teams besides your favorite. Their games lead the ticker with a ★.
Filter by conference. Want just the SEC or Big Ten? Pick it in Settings. Your followed teams still come through.
More on every game
Team logos, records, and the TV channel on upcoming games (like “7:00 PM · ESPN”)
Click any game to open it on ESPN
Red UPSET ALERT and CLOSE badges when an unranked team is beating a ranked one, or a game is within 5 points late
A soft glow when your team scores (or on the big moments, if you prefer)
NCAA Tournament games show seeds and the round, like “(1) ARIZONA · SWEET 16”
Small things
Pause on hover, so you can read a score
Pick which monitor it sits on
Open at login
Still tiny and native, using almost no CPU
Update: Version 1.2.0 is out, and it’s the last update you’ll have to download by hand.
Thanks for all the feedback today! Here’s what’s new:
One-click updates. Hoops Ticker now updates itself: click Install and it relaunches on the new version. (If you’re on 1.1 or older, grab 1.2.0 from GitHub once and future updates are automatic.)
Box scores. Click a game to see team stats, top scorers and the last play.
Your team in the menu bar. Show your team’s live score up there, or have the ticker hide itself unless your team is playing.
Never miss tip-off. Get a reminder before your team’s game starts, and an alert when the new AP poll comes out.
Filter by channel. Only want games you can actually watch? Pick your channels.
MARQUEE badge. Top-10 matchups get a gold tag so you don’t miss them.
Spoiler-free mode. Hide scores until you’re ready (great if you’re recording a game).
Make it yours. Adjust text size and opacity, and Settings is now organized into tabs.
Still native Swift, signed and notarized, free and open source, with no account or tracking. One correction to my earlier comment: with the self-updater built in, the app is now about 4 MB, not 200 KB.
Download: https://github.com/GeekNerdCarp/ncaa-hoops-ticker