Bo Bassett Recruiting Update (9/11/24)

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 19. 

One school was removed from this week's graphic: NC State

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

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

These three schools were removed from last week's 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

This week, Bassett added a new wrinkle to his recruiting graphic. He also mentioned upcoming dates for home visits and his first campus visit.

Here are the home visit dates:

Sept 11th: Missouri

Sept 12th: Ohio State 

Sept 13 Iowa and Virginia Tech

Sept 14th Cornell

Sept 15th Iowa St

Sept 16th Arizona St

Sept 17th Princeton

Sept 18th Northern Iowa

Sept 19th Penn State 

Bassett's first on-campus visit will take place on September 20th-22nd at the University of Michigan

Bassett recently competed  at the U20 World Championships in Pontevedra, Spain. He advanced to the semifinals and ended up coming away with a bronze medal.  Next on the docket a Who's #1 rematch with Daniel Zepeda. The event will take place close to home, at Pitt-Johnstown, on September 29th.