Bo Bassett Narrows His College List..........From 80 to 73

[TNwrestling]

Stanford eliminated

 

Remaining Schools:

Air Force

Arizona State

Cornell

Iowa

Iowa State

Lehigh

Michigan

Missouri

Nebraska

Northern Iowa

Ohio State

Oklahoma State

Penn State

Pitt

Pitt-Johnstown

Princeton

Rutgers

Virginia Tech

[ionel]

2 minutes ago, TNwrestling said:

Stanford eliminated

 

Remaining Schools:

Air Force

Arizona State

Cornell

Iowa

Iowa State

Lehigh

Michigan

Missouri

Nebraska

Northern Iowa

Ohio State

Oklahoma State

Penn State

Pitt

Pitt-Johnstown

Princeton

Rutgers

Virginia Tech

He's excited about an Ivy League education but eliminated Stanford?  What's his intended major? 

[Paul158]

9 minutes ago, ionel said:

He's excited about an Ivy League education but eliminated Stanford?  What's his intended major? 

There are only 4 schools who have any possibility of getting him on their team. Penn State. Best program in the country. Ohio State. 2 hours from his home. Great relationship with the staff and wrestlers. Also, they have an OTC. Iowa. Proven quality program. Lots of money for NIL via some call him the Slum Lord. Oklahoma State. Proven quality program. David Taylor. Lots of money for NIL. My bet he goes to Penn State. Best program in the country. My wish is Ohio State. Only 2 hours from his home. Mom can easily get to all of his matches. Maybe we can also get his brother from Purdue.

[Interviewed_at_Weehawken]

10 minutes ago, Paul158 said:

There are only 4 schools who have any possibility of getting him on their team. Penn State. Best program in the country. Ohio State. 2 hours from his home. Great relationship with the staff and wrestlers. Also, they have an OTC. Iowa. Proven quality program. Lots of money for NIL via some call him the Slum Lord. Oklahoma State. Proven quality program. David Taylor. Lots of money for NIL. My bet he goes to Penn State. Best program in the country. My wish is Ohio State. Only 2 hours from his home. Mom can easily get to all of his matches. Maybe we can also get his brother from Purdue.

I think we are talking about two different kids.

[Paul158]

9 minutes ago, Interviewed_at_Weehawken said:

I think we are talking about two different kids.

 

10 minutes ago, Interviewed_at_Weehawken said:

I think we are talking about two different kids.

You are right. Blaze.  I would also use the same 4 schools for Bassett, just take out mom 2 hours away and close proximity.

[Interviewed_at_Weehawken]

2 minutes ago, Paul158 said:

 

You are right. Blaze.  I would also use the same 4 schools for Bassett, just take out mom 2 hours away and close proximity.

And the brother!

[Paul158]

3 minutes ago, Interviewed_at_Weehawken said:

And the brother!

You are correct. again.

[Interviewed_at_Weehawken]

8 minutes ago, Paul158 said:

You are correct. again.

I do agree with your basic premise.

[Idaho]

2 hours ago, Hilton Head Joe said:

I have junior HS son. The college coaches have asked for his state results, NHSCA and super 32 and very occasionally Fargo. The big 4 use be Fargo, states, NHSCA and super 32. Ironman, beast of east and others were icing on cake. Went to Fargo cause we felt like we had to. I will tell you the time and expense of Fargo is so off the charts and the location is less than desirably. And we didn't even have to go. I would say Super 32 has to be the biggest title to win in the eyes of college coaches even over a world title.  

Yep - agree 100%!!  Super 32 has risen to the top IMO as well. I know out West you will see a fair amount of coaches at Doc B and the CA state tournament - which obviously is more of a regional thing. 

[Interviewed_at_Weehawken]

31 minutes ago, Idaho said:

Yep - agree 100%!!  Super 32 has risen to the top IMO as well. I know out West you will see a fair amount of coaches at Doc B and the CA state tournament - which obviously is more of a regional thing. 

In the heydey of Blair (Mocco, Perry, Espo, Coop, etc), I was coaching at National Preps.  There were a ton of big name coaches for the Prep tourney and PA District 11 was the same weekend down the road. One of my proudest moments was my heavyweight lifting another big guy in a double and none other John W. Smith stopping in his tracks to watch the action.  My guy scored his 2 and probably a pin.  John W. paused for a second, surveyed the situation, and then  just kept walking.

But still a proud moment for me...

[ionel]

27 minutes ago, Interviewed_at_Weehawken said:

In the heydey of Blair (Mocco, Perry, Espo, Coop, etc), I was coaching at National Preps.  There were a ton of big name coaches for the Prep tourney and PA District 11 was the same weekend down the road. One of my proudest moments was my heavyweight lifting another big guy in a double and none other John W. Smith stopping in his tracks to watch the action.  My guy scored his 2 and probably a pin.  John W. paused for a second, surveyed the situation, and then  just kept walking.

But still a proud moment for me...

So your guy didn't throw his shot away, well done. 

[Interviewed_at_Weehawken]

15 minutes ago, ionel said:

So your guy didn't throw his shot away, well done. 

Well, we were about 80 miles from Weehawken at the time.  Wouldn't have been wise.

[HungusMungus]

 Wake me up when he's down to Penn State & Oklahoma State. 

[flyingcement]

Wonder if he will save Pitt Johnstown as the last one to be excluded - or if that would be too heartbreaking for them.  If they're not going to get him - I'm not sure what the ideal situation would be.  

[Greenwave]

On 9/18/2024 at 10:48 AM, ionel said:

He's excited about an Ivy League education but eliminated Stanford?  What's his intended major? 

Do we know if he academically would gain admission at Stanford?  

[ionel]

4 minutes ago, Greenwave said:

Do we know if he academically would gain admission at Stanford?  

If he is excited about an Ivy education you'd think he must have the smarts and credentials correct?  Unless he is engineering, its really hard to get into Stanford in engineering.  

[Greenwave]

2 hours ago, ionel said:

If he is excited about an Ivy education you'd think he must have the smarts and credentials correct?  Unless he is engineering, its really hard to get into Stanford in engineering.  

You would hope he could qualify.  But with only 2 Ivy education schools left on his list of 18 you would have to wonder.

[SunDevil]

On 9/18/2024 at 7:43 AM, TNwrestling said:

Stanford eliminated

 

Remaining Schools:

Air Force

Arizona State

Cornell

Iowa

Iowa State

Lehigh

Michigan

Missouri

Nebraska

Northern Iowa

Ohio State

Oklahoma State

Penn State

Pitt

Pitt-Johnstown

Princeton

Rutgers

Virginia Tech

So you’re saying there’s a chance. Fame fortune power and legacy. Bring that team championship trophy out west. 

Edited September 20 by SunDevil

[juniorvarsity]

Bassett has stated he wants to be the face of the program and to change it. That statement has Oklahoma State vibes written all over it and I am all for it. Let's see the Bishop McCort to Stillwater pipeline. Anywhere but Penn State - they have more than enough going for them at the moment. 

[Greenwave]

Wow, this is all parental driven.  You don’t come in and be the face of the program.  You earn it in a college room with 34 plus wrestler's.  Those guys are winning in the classroom, practices and with student body.    You don’t do it through social media. 

[MadMardigain]

Well another month and we might actually be down to the list of schools that may have realistically been considered.  

[feet2back]

On 9/19/2024 at 7:23 PM, Greenwave said:

You would hope he could qualify.  But with only 2 Ivy education schools left on his list of 18 you would have to wonder.

and only 1 if you take out Cornell "Agriculture" School

[billyhoyle]

7 hours ago, Greenwave said:

Wow, this is all parental driven.  You don’t come in and be the face of the program.  You earn it in a college room with 34 plus wrestler's.  Those guys are winning in the classroom, practices and with student body.    You don’t do it through social media. 

You're thinking like somebody from the year 2010.  Today, what matters for being the face of a program is how many followers you have on social media. The classes can be online now for D1 athletes anyway.

Edited September 21 by billyhoyle

[BigRedFan]

1 hour ago, feet2back said:

and only 1 if you take out Cornell "Agriculture" School

What do the quotation marks mean?  Is the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences not part of Cornell?

And why do you assume that Bassett would be in the Ag School?  Current roster includes

Engineering:  Milani, Tate, Hatcher, Chamberlain

Arts&Sciences:  Perry, Cardinale, Qureshi, Shvartsman, Canoyer, McLean-Felix, Davis

Dyson Business:  Sciarrone,

SC Johnson Business:  Ferrara, Cornella

Architecture, Art & Planning:  Fernandez, Foca

Computing & Information Science:  Wade

Industrial & Labor Relations: McClenahan, Carlson

 

[Greenwave]

18 minutes ago, billyhoyle said:

You're thinking like somebody from the year 2010.  Today, what matters for being the face of a program is how many followers you have on social media. The classes can be online now for D1 athletes anyway.

Agree, all he and his parents are trying to do is move him in front of Blaze as number one recruit but he is still four slots below him.

Followers on social media does not make you a leader of program by no means, with the athletes in the room it is not done on social media.