Graduation Year
2017
Date of Submission
12-2016
Document Type
Open Access Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Economics
Reader 1
Richard Burdiken
Rights Information
© 2016 Cameron E. Van
Abstract
This paper explores the value of attending college to Division I National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) basketball players in terms of future success in the NBA. Future success is measured by both salary and minutes played per game. A dataset of 660 athletes from the 2006 through 2016 drafts was collected from Basketball-Reference. An empirical model is estimated using this data in order to identify the determinant factors in a player’s success in the NBA. It is found that college is not a determinant of success in the NBA.
Recommended Citation
Van, Cameron E., "Don’t Worry, College Doesn’t Make You Successful In the NBA" (2017). CMC Senior Theses. 1490.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/1490
