The determinants of NCAA basketball recruiting outcomes

Brent Evans () and Joshua Pitts

Applied Economics Letters, 2017, vol. 24, issue 5, 351-354

Abstract: Using recruiting rankings from Rivals.com, the authors examine the determinants of recruiting success among D1 NCAA men’s basketball programmes. After controlling for a host of potentially relevant variables, the authors find that recruiting outcomes are correlated with recent on-court success, historical on-court success, stadium size and playing in a ‘power’ conference. Additionally, teams with a history of sending players to the NBA receive heightened recruiting outcomes. A team with a new coach can expect difficulties with recruiting, while head coaches with national championships receive a recruiting boost. Finally, the authors show that recruiting strategies for guards may differ from recruiting strategies for other players.

Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2016.1192268

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