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Reclassifying is trending up in college basketball, for better or worse

A closer look at the former Kentucky players who reclassified in high school in order to enroll a year early. David Harten

LEXINGTON, Ky. — This clearly was not high school anymore.

Five-star point guard Ashton Hagans stepped off the train to a crowd of more than 1,000 fans who had lined up to catch a glimpse of the newest Kentucky basketball team at a tour stop Sunday in Midway. One word described the scene for a player who might otherwise have spent the weekend practicing with his high school teammates in Georgia.