[qDizzle32Participant]

Just curious but is there a rule if you transfer from a Canadian High School to a U.S. High School that you have to get held back a grade. Because I noticed that Kris Joseph was born in Dec. 1988 (2007) graduated in 2008, Tristan Thompson and Cory Joseph were both born in 1991 (2009) but graduated HS in 2010, Myck Kabongo was born in Jan. 1992 (2010) but graduated in 2011. Anthony Bennett 1993 (2011) is a Senior this year and upcoming prospect Andrew Wiggins 1995 (2013) is the #1 prospect for the class of 2014. But my cousin is from Canada and was born in 1994 and is a Senior this year so I don’t get it. I also noticed that Kevin Pangos (Gonzaga Freshmen) was born in 1993 and is a College Freshmen this year just like most Freshmen from the states but he graduated High School in Canada. Did all those guys just all ironically all get held back once or is there a rule if you transfer schools from Canada to the states?

[FellyBaby905Participant]

well in the states you start school a year later…………if that helps

[BleedingBlueParticipant]

 I don’t think so. It’s just that some of those Canadian players chose to repeat a year by their own will or they simply started school a year late. I was born in 1993 and am now a college freshman in the US, even though I went to high school in Canada.

[CameronParticipant]

From what I understand, students in the US can take an additional year of high school, often referred to as a ‘prep’ year.  I would imagine these Canadian transfers feel they would benefit from an additional year of competition, as well that they may need a year to acclimate to their new setting.  As such, they take advantage of their option to complete an additional year of grade school.  If you look, many college freshman playing basketball take that extra year of high school (or appear to when you compare their ages to those of Canadian college freshman). 

[PrecociousNeophyteParticipant]

 I don’t think there are any specific rules about transferring from Canada to the U.S. If you look at other players that are from the U.S. you will see that a lot of them were held back a year also. Guys like Wayne Blackshear, he was born 1/11/92 and is a Freshman, Rakeem Christmas, was born 12/1/91 and is a freshman, and Mitch McGary, born 6/6/92 and is a senior in HS. McGary is about a month older then me and I’m a sophomore in college. There are probably a lot more people in the same situation as those three guys.  

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