Zak Tyler and Jim Reamer talk about player reclassifying up or down grades. Khristian Lander is the most recent to do this, and he appears to be the first basketball player in recent memory to reclass down to graduate early.

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Players with Indiana connections:
Khristian Lander, Evansville Reitz
Race Thompson, Minnesota

Recent players who reclassed by repeating the 8th grade :
Luke Brown : 2020 => 2021
Anthony Leal : 2019 => 2020
Noah Jager : 2019 => 2020

Class of 2020 => 2019
Ashton Hagans, Kentucky
Charles Bassey, Western Kentucky

Class of 2021 => 2020
Terrence Clarke, Kentucky
Devin Askew, Kentucky
JT Thor, uncommitted
Cam Hayes, NC State

Top high schoolers who may reclassify, eventually enter 2021 NBA Draft

Reclassifying trending up in college basketball, for better or worse