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No Bassett: Penn State Wrestling Recruiting Target Commits Elsewhere

Penn State HC Cael Sanderson and everybody else found out about Bo Bassettโ€™s college selection
Photo by Matt Lynch, Nittany Sports Now: Cael Sanderson

Penn State wrestling recruiting target Bo Bassett, the No. 1 wrestler from his class, has made his decision.

It was down to Penn State, Oklahoma State, Iowa and Virginia Tech.

Bassett chose Iowa, he announced on FloWrestling after pinning a guy in 18 seconds.

Although this recruiting loss stings, itโ€™s hardly reason for Penn State wrestling to panic. After all, a program thatโ€™s won 11 of the last 13 nationally championships isnโ€™t exactly searching for a โ€œmissing link.โ€ At the same time, itโ€™s hard to argue that any program, even one that goes beyond being a dynasty, couldnโ€™t use a guy like Bassett.

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Not only is Bassett perhaps the best of the best in his class, heโ€™s a PA guy, too.

A LOCAL SUPERSTAR

Bassett attends Bishop McCourt High School which, yes, indeed, is in Pennsylvania.

The McCourt star has never lost a high school match (itโ€™s doubtful he lost many before high school, either). As a freshman in 2022-23, he went 18-0. The next season, he went 56-0 and won the state championship at 139. This season hasnโ€™t been too bad, either. Bassett is 37-0 with 22 tech falls, 13 falls and two forfeits. To put that into perspective, none of Bassettโ€™s 36 matches has gone the distance.

For Bassett, all of his options were good ones.

โ€œAfter an amazing Recruiting Process,lots of great conversations, miles, weekends, texts & prayers, I have my mind made up & this week I will be making my commitment live on Flo Wrestling,โ€ Bassett posted to X (formerly Twitter) Sunday. โ€œWhen I Narrowed it down to the final 7, I feel I couldnโ€™t make a bad choice.โ€

He soon narrowed his list down to four and ended up going with the Brands Brothers and Iowa.

NOT TO PANIC

Cael Sanderson says Penn State wrestling wonโ€™t recruit athletes based on NIL

Photo by Matt Lynch, Nittany Sports Now: Cael Sanderson

This is no reason for Penn State wrestling or its fans to panic. Another generational talent is coming later this year. His name is Marcus Blaze.

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The current Penn State team takes won Michigan Friday at 6 on the Big Ten Network.

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