He classified down a grade. Let's just say, well, he wouldn't be going to Michigan if he wasn't really good at basketball. How exactly does this work and how do state activities associations allow it to happen? I remember when I found out Tyler Hansbrough was two months older than me yet graduated a year later, which pretty much guaranteed them a state title in 2005. The whole thing seems absurd and unfair. Depends on state. One of our better players wasn't allowed to play his senior year for us as he turned 20. Granted that's been fifteen years ago. Michigan has a similar rule that was recently amended to allow for cases of kids with developmental disabilities (i.e. not kids who will play D-I sports).