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Showing 1 to 20 of 24 for “"College Basketball"”.
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Anaerobic Power of a College Basketball Team Throughout One Season
1 PDF file (67 pages)
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Fitting AdaBoost Models From Imbalanced Data with Applications in College Basketball
… the lower seeded team wins) in the March Madness College Basketball Tournament.
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Content Analysis of Sports Illustrated Articles Depicting Women's and Men's College Basketball
… an increase in women’s participation in basketball, equal representation and portrayal of female athletes in comprehensive media coverage remains in question. This study examines the portrayal of femininity and masculinity in sports magazine articles and explores how they may reinforce …
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A Study of the Relationship Between Mental Toughness and Success in College Basketball
1 PDF file (57 leaves)
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The Effects Promotional Incentives Have On College Basketball Attendance In Power Five Conferences
… effects on attendance at men and women college basketball games in Power Five conferences during the 2015-16 season. The sub-objective was to explore the data to determine if distinct market segments emerged based on the promotional strategies measured as part of the study. The study …
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Pro or Bust: Career Aspirations of Division I and Community College Basketball Players
… Career Aspirations of Division I and Community College Basketball Players</p> <p>Alexander Shahriar Engel</p> <p>The purpose of this study was to determine the difference, if any, between Division I and community college basketball players career aspirations. Interviews were held with eleven …
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Determining the Effectiveness of the 1-4 Offense in College Basketball in Relation to Scoring Averages and Winning Percentages
… on the effectiveness of the 1-4 Offense in college basketball in relation to winning percentages and scoring averages. The emphasis of defense and the de-emphasis of team offense have caused basketball coaches and their teams to neglect this very important aspect of basketball. The purpose …
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Traditional Versus Immersive Video-Based Referee Training Methods and How They Affect Situational Confidence Levels in Intramural College Basketball Officials
… confidence level at performing their duty as college intramural basketball officials. The study included college level intramural basketball officials from different universities in the United States (N = 34). A pre-test survey asking about confidence level was administered to each …
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College Basketball in Kentucky, Religion, and Distinguishing Between the Two: Concerns and Cautions for the Conversation on the Religiosity of Sports
… sport, contemplation on the religious nature of college basketball in the state of Kentucky, and challenges for leading scholars arguing over the notion of sport as a form of religion. The first half of the thesis presents the narrative of the increasingly growing academic debate over considering …
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Factors Influencing Recruitment of Collegiate Basketball Players in Institutions of Higher Education in the Upper Midwest
… study was to examine the factors that influenced college basketball players to choose to attend a certain institution of higher education. The secondary purpose was to learn if the perceptions of head college basketball coaches as to reasons for student athletes to choose a college were the same …
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RUNNING FOR INTEGRATION: CCNY AND THE PROMISE OF INTERRACIAL COOPERATION THROUGH BASKETBALL
<p>In 1951, an investigation of gambling in college basketball by New York district attorney, Frank Hogan, ultimately led to the arrest of more than 30 players from seven schools, including six players from the City College of New York (CCNY). Just a year earlier in 1950, CCNY became the first …
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Understanding NCAA Basketball, College Recruitment, and Factors that Influence College Decisions for Basketball Student-Athletes
… to better understand the lived experiences and college decision process for NCAA Division I basketball student-athletes. The findings from a thematic analysis retrieved the themes of Family & Brotherhood, Commodification & Compensation, Student-Athlete Lived Experiences and Challenges, and …
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Applications of balance optimization subset selection
… potential first-round upsets in the NCAA basketball tournament. Finally, this thesis delves into another area of college basketball and attempts to model the process of the NCAA tournament selection committee using a decision tree.
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Backboards and Backlash: The Experiences of Women's Intercollegiate Basketball Players Under Title IX, 1975-1992
… each a woman who played intercollegiate basketball between 1975 and 1992, this thesis explores the experiences of women’s basketball players in the first two decades after the passage of Title IX. Approaching the Title IX era through the lens of social history, this thesis asks two major …
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Modeling the NCAA Tournament Through Bayesian Logistic Regression
… exist that order the Division I teams in Men's College Basketball that compete in the NCAA Tournament, such as seeding teams on an S-curve, and the Pomeroy and Sagarin ratings, simplifying the process of choosing winners to a comparison of two numbers. Rather than creating a rating system, we …
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Sue Gunter and the Battle for Equity in Women’s Athletics at SFA
<p>From the 1950’s through the 2000’s, women’s college basketball would move from a category of inappropriate activity to selling out large arenas and being broadcast to millions of viewers on national TV. Such a result came largely from federally mandated stipulation contained within Title IX, …
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