Anonymous
Years ago
After some info on where people think the CIS basketball ranks in comparison to the USA college system. What level does it best compare to?
The top college in Canada for basketball (Carlton) plays d1 and d2 colleges in their preseason and beats most bar 1 or 2 schools. But that's the top team. CIS is the same as D2 American colleges. Difference with CISCO is that it's 5 years of eligibility, there is no age limit, and eligibility is less strict so a lot of American kids go up and play that declare for draft but don't make it and have already used 4 years in US.
Few CIS imports running around. They are easily comparable to the other imports in their leagues, who are mostly d2 and naia players. So that would be a fair comparison.
Always outliers in every level at both ends.
Most decent players go to an American college to play that probably says something about the standard.
Canada is turning out the next wave of international players. A generation has now grown up with an NBA team to follow and you are seeing the results now.
The depth of talent in Ontario is amazing right now. The strongest CIS teams are all from Ontario, who regularly knock off high major d1 teams. On top of Ontario having twice as many kids in d1 ncaa as the whole of Australia.
More desirable for Australain players to go to Canada now as the process of getting their is simple and because Canada is in the commonwealth like Australia, the degrees obtained in university transfer back here where as most American degrees do not get recognition and players must start from scratch when they return.
There are very decent Australian players playing in Canada. They had trouble with eligibility in states yet had no problems with CIS. Most of these players were offered either D1/2 scholarships but had trouble with clearance
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