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[QUOTE="PeteCalvin, post: 2437786, member: 439"]
This whole thing about being "old" is a product of the reclassification system that parents are driven too thinking their kids are going to be pro players.  AAU perpetuates this.  Repeating 8th grade is a big help to some kids in HS because now they are one year more mature than their grade level.  But the bigger payoff is on the AAU circuit where kids who reclassed tend to dominate the tourneys.  AAU coaches love having the older players to inflate their records and bring prominence to their brand.  The drawback is the syndrome of 21-22 year old sophomores who feel they need to make "that decision" to leave.  If a kid has the grades to stay on path, he comes to college at 19.  If he doesn't have the grades, or didn't progress in his game, now you're looking at prep school and being another year older heading to college.

Or you're Buddy B and going to prep as a true senior with your grades and game in order, on schedule to matriculate at 18, knowing you'll stay atleast three years.

I know of current local players who repeated the 8th grade.  A couple really blossomed by doing it, both in grades and game maturity.  Another never took advantage of the grade aspect.  It can help or hinder a player depending on how it's handled.

I think all of the Paulus brothers were 19-year old seniors at CBA.  I had heard way back that both Greg and Mike reclassed.
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