NCAA Age records - Baylor Avg = 22
The age creep in basketball is too much. There should be a limit on how many years you can hold a kid back just so they can out perform their “peers”. Baylor’s starting 5 are 24, 23, 22, 22 and 20. And that assumes Flo Thamba’s birthday is really Jan 1, 1999 as listed on one site and not older.
Oden was only 41?
huh
Um, this is an awkward conversation. I had a student ticket to Michigan football for eleven years. Last 4 were with a spouse ticket. As long as they are eligible and actually going to classes I am ok with any age.
It seems that there is a 39 year old Marine veteran playing somewhere in some football seasons. (Florida State had one a few years back I think.) The 5-year eligibility clock starts with your first class so if you don't go to college until later then you are still eligible.
Experience is the best teacher.
That has to be older than the starting lineups of some NBA teams.
March 30th, 2021 at 11:31 AM ^
Yes there are. This year the comparison was the Chicago Bulls starting 5, which has an average age of 21 and a few months, to Wisconsin which averaged over 22 years. Presumably Baylor is similar.
A few years ago it was Nevada who was older than the Phoenix Suns. That Nevada team, incidentally, was coached by Eric Musselman, now HC of the recently eliminated Arkansas Razorbacks. I just checked their roster and it looks like they have a few Grad seniors. It's the nature of college basketball these days, and I can't be mad at players for looking to up-transfer or teams to take them.
I have no problem with "older" people playing in college sports as long as they are legitimate full-time students - not everyone follows the traditional college plan anyway.
I think the greater problem is the younger, more-talented athletes not being allowed to compete professionally - thus exacerbating the pay-to-play epidemic in college sports.
This is no place for age shaming......
Wisconsin's average age is 25, yet you are not complaining about them. Odd.
yeah, Wisconsin is going to do a remake of Wild Hogs and the (Got No) Buckets List
Average age of UNLV in 1990? 23-31. I think their kids were in the front row watching them play. Larry Johnson may have been 35. As much as I hate Duke and especially the Laettner team, I was glad when they beat UNLV
and they still will have not enough credits to graduate!
Is this where someone snarks that Hunter is a 20 year old Frosh or does that only reside in RCMB or the 11 Idiots sites?
Nah, this is where someone snarks that, for a 20 year old, Hunter misses too many bunnies, uses his left hand too much, and complains to the refs too much.
Dickinson is a 20 year old freshman...so was iggy and duncan was 24 when he graduated. Michigan does it too
wondering if these old guys take viagra is it considered a performance-enhancing drug?
Tired: “College basketball players don’t stay in school.”
Wired: ”College basketball players are too old.”
March 30th, 2021 at 10:02 AM ^
Eh... I was 24 when I graduated college, and would have been 23 even if I only took 4 years.
March 30th, 2021 at 10:29 AM ^
I can't believe how old I am...
This is sort of dumb. I get it if you're a 25 year-old playing high-school football or basketball, but the difference in college is much less. It helps, but it isn't man among boys.
March 30th, 2021 at 10:31 AM ^
Shhh... nobody tell him that the average age has been decreasing the last 20 years.
March 30th, 2021 at 11:25 AM ^
Wtf, they have a 24 year old? I took my sweet ass time with college and was done before then. I honestly hadn't realized this, would explain why they often seem so far ahead.
March 30th, 2021 at 11:52 AM ^
Meh... I think there has been several studies that suggest that NBA players (at least superstars) hit their peak basketball performance at age 27. So if we had 8th year seniors playing, I would be a bit concerned.
Plus if these guys were actually that good, they would be in the league already.
March 30th, 2021 at 12:58 PM ^
Plus if these guys were actually that good, they would be in the league already.
That's the biggest thing. Yes, it can be somewhat annoying, but the reality is that the elite players come in young, not old, and outside of a few odd situations like Izzo keeping his players locked in his basement until they "graduate," they're in the pros long before they hit 23. Look at our hockey team; three of our top guys players were too young to have even been draft eligible this year.
March 30th, 2021 at 12:26 PM ^
Putting an age limit on NCAA eligibility? Are you serious? There are enough stupid bureaucratic rules already, but this would be one of the most unfair. Don’t you realize this rule would punish many deserving student athletes by denying them an opportunity to earn college scholarships while competing beyond high school and junior college? What about the player whose playing career/education was derailed by a significant illness or injury, or domestic violence, loss of a parent or sibling, natural disaster, dire economic circumstances, act of terrorism, war or revolution? (You do realize there are a number of NCAA athletes who originate from countries suffering a variety of calamities.) Why should these “older” student athletes suffer from an arbitrary age rule? If 18 to 22 year-old student athletes (or their parents, hangers-on, boosters or fans) want to avoid competing against older student athletes, then just take a voluntary red shirt year or two while getting older/stronger/bigger/faster, or just take off a gap year or two for the same reasons. Punishing older student athletes is not a solution to whatever perceived ‘problem’ exists.
So if a kid's parents wait to enroll him in kindergarten, he should pay the price for it 15 years later?
Our championship team in 1989 wasn't exactly young.