Cross-Sport Recruiting Effects in NCAA D1 Football and Basketball

Brent Evans () and Joshua Pitts

Journal of Sports Economics, 2018, vol. 19, issue 6, 820-842

Abstract: Using an extensive data set, we conduct an academic study of the determinants of recruiting success in Division 1 basketball and football. Among many findings, we show that football recruiting is correlated with on-court basketball success, although the relationship is not always positive. However, we do not find any evidence supporting the oft-held claim that on-field football success aids in basketball recruiting. Additionally, our models indicate that recruiting effects differ between “power†and “mid-major†conferences. These findings, among others provided herein, should enhance the literature on recruiting in college sports and could encourage administrators and coaches to reconsider recruiting tactics.

Keywords: recruiting; externalities; NCAA; college football; college basketball (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1177/1527002516684171

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