Monday, February 08, 2010

Technical Efficiency in Basketball

Estimating Production Efficiency in Men’s NCAA College Basketball: A Bayesian Approach

Michael Rimler, Seongho Song & David Yi
Journal of Sports Economics, forthcoming

Abstract: Using Bayesian analysis with Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) estimation, we generate estimates of technical efficiency for each game played by an Atlantic 10 Conference men’s basketball team during the 2005-2006 season. The flexibility of MCMC, and its ability to provide an objective measure for assessing model fit, makes it preferable to maximum likelihood (ML) estimation of stochastic production frontiers. Within the context of men’s basketball, this article addresses the question of whether technical efficiency necessarily leads to success relative to one’s competitors. Results indicate that (a) technical efficiency does not vary significantly, either across or within teams, implying that teams in the A-10 play at very close and high levels of efficiency and (b) technical efficiency does not
correlate strongly with productivity, suggesting that the fundamental quality of one’s resources are more important than an efficient use of those resources. In addition, parameter estimates suggest that a single turnover or offensive rebound could mean the difference between winning and losing.


(UPDATE: Title was wrong, so I fixed it.)

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7 Comments:

At 3:40 PM, February 08, 2010 , Anonymous Frank said...

Mungo--the paper is for the Atlantic 10, not the ACC.

 
At 6:00 PM, February 08, 2010 , Blogger Jeremy Lloyd said...

Someone's not a college basketball fan.

 
At 6:43 PM, February 08, 2010 , Anonymous PeeDub said...

Atlantic-10, Atlantic-11, whatever it takes ...

 
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At 5:10 PM, February 09, 2010 , Anonymous EcoDude said...

Looks like someone has been reading Gary Koop's Bayesian Econometrics book...

 
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