Bo Bassett Recruiting Update (10/2/24)

The top prospect in the high school Class of 2026, Bo Bassett, has vowed to keep fans abreast of his recruiting with daily Wednesday updates. 

Well, today is Wednesday and true to his word, Bassett has posted an updated graphic which has eliminated three more schools from consideration. 

Earlier this year, Bassett posted a graphic that contained the logos of approximately 80 schools, most of the DI variety, but some DII’s as well, to signify that he’s totally open in the recruiting process. After more than a month of removing schools from the list, he’s down to 16. 

One school was removed from this week's graphic: Lehigh

The following schools remain on Bassett’s graphic and therefore in contention for his services:

Air Force, Arizona State, Cornell, Iowa, Iowa State, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, Northern Iowa, Ohio State, Oklahoma State, Penn State, Pitt-Johnstown, Princeton, Rutgers, Virginia Tech.

One school was removed from the 9/25 graphic: Pittsburgh

One school was removed from the 9/18 graphic: Stanford

One school was removed from the 9/11 graphic: NC State

These three schools were removed from the 9/4 graphic: American, North Carolina, Wisconsin

These three schools were removed from the 8/28 graphic: Clarion, Little Rock, Minnesota

The following schools were removed from the 8/21 graphic: Penn, Oklahoma, Oregon State

The following schools were removed from the 8/14 graphic: Bucknell, Virginia, Wyoming

The following schools were removed from the 8/7 graphic: Brown, Northern Colorado, Purdue

The following schools were removed from the 7/31 graphic: California Baptist, Michigan State, Navy

The following schools were removed from the 7/24 graphic: Army West Point, Campbell, Edinboro, Harvard, Illinois, North Dakota State, South Dakota State

The following schools were removed from the 7/17 graphic: Cal Poly, Columbia, Indiana, Maryland, Millersville, The Citadel, and West Virginia

The following schools were removed from the 7/10 graphic: CSU Bakersfield, George Mason, Hofstra, Northwestern, Rider, UW Parkside, West Liberty

The following schools were removed from the 7/3 graphic: Appalachian State, Central Michigan, Cleveland State, Drexel, Kent State, Ohio, and St. Cloud State

The following schools were removed from the 6/26 graphic: Binghamton, Bloomsburg, Duke, Gardner-Webb, Northern Illinois, Sacred Heart, SIU Edwardsville

Bassett's first on-campus visit took place on September 20th-22nd at the University of Michigan and he was joined by his high school teammate #2 Jax Forrest. 

On Sunday, Bassett was in action at Who's Number One which took place in his backyard at Pitt-Johnstown. Bassett avenged his 2023 WNO loss to Daniel Zepeda with a 12-6 victory. 

In Bassett's weekly recruiting update, he noted dates for upcoming official campus visits:

Oct 25-27 - Iowa
Nov 1-3 - Penn State 
Nov 8-10 - Ohio State 
Nov 15-17 - Virginia Tech
Nov 22-24 - Oklahoma State
Jan 24-26 - Rutgers