Using a detailed personally-assembled data set on the performance of collegiate and professional basketball players over the 1997-2010 period, we conduct a very direct test of two questions. Does performance in the NCAA "March Madness" college basketball tournament affect NBA teams' draft...

Using a detailed personally-assembled data set on the performance of collegiate and professional basketball players over the 1997-2010 period, we conduct a very direct test of two questions. Does performance in the NCAA "March Madness" college basketball tournament affect NBA teams' draft...

How important is recruiting to a football program's success? While prior research has attempted to answer this question, we utilize an extensive panel set covering 13 years of games along with a two stage least squares approach to investigate the effects of recruiting on team success. We also...