Determinants of Points Per Game in the Horizon League
Faculty Sponsor
Sara Gundersen
College
Arts and Sciences
Discipline(s)
Economics
ORCID Identifier(s)
orcid.org/0000-0002-8232-5081
Presentation Type
Oral Presentation
Symposium Date
Spring 4-23-2016
Abstract
Basketball is one of the world’s most popular sports. It is a very complex sport and a lot goes into finding good players that are great at making shots. As the head student manager for the Valparaiso University basketball team, I want to evaluate what determines points per game so that I would have valuable information to add for the benefit of the team.
To do this effectively, I will use a data set that included all of the statistics from the 2014/2015 college basketball season in the Horizon League. After looking at all of the data included, I prepared an initial model and, with a few adjustments, found the best fit to the data. This paper will show why defense wins championships according to the data. Specifically, I found that steals and defensive rebounds determine more points per game.
Recommended Citation
Schoon, Jacob R. Mr., "Determinants of Points Per Game in the Horizon League" (2016). Symposium on Undergraduate Research and Creative Expression (SOURCE). 550.
https://scholar.valpo.edu/cus/550
Biographical Information about Author(s)
Jacob Schoon is the head manager for the Valparaiso University Men's Basketball team. He is a junior economics and marketing double major. He wants to eventually work for a sports agency in their marketing or research areas.