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The wrestling industry is buzzing today with top players in action. Among the professionals, a young player in his 18 years of age has emerged, grabbing all the attention and headlines with his ongoing college eligibility. Bo Bassett’s ongoing recruitment tour of top colleges has been the recent talk of the town as one of the top prospects of the year.

Carrying a popular image currently, Bo Bassett now looks forward to embarking upon his 74-win streak alongside his ongoing college hunt. Joining with Jax Forrest, the two top high school prospects, a recent visit to Oklahoma State University has sparked up quite a debate specifically for our youngster, Bo Bassett. Showing his much-ignited interest in the Cowboys, hints on his popular choice have come into debate.

Bassett sees OSU as a potential college team

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With major college visits already done, Bo Bassett’s next college on the list is the dominant Oklahoma State University. The wrestler’s upcoming visit to Oklahoma State University has stirred up several rumors, with hints leading to his diversion towards OSU. The questions, however, come with respect to the changing dynamics of the OSU wrestling team, the Cowboys, following David Taylor’s addition as the head coach.

Dominating the mat in his professional career previously as a wrestler and now as a head coach, David Taylor’s coaching for the Cowboys has come as a big turnover for the team, with their performance setting a new bar. Training a group of youngsters came as difficult at the start, but Taylor’s management of the team has set up quite dominant wrestlers in the team, providing fierce competition.

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Undergoing their popularity as the top prospect, Bo Bassett is an asset to many, but the choice now comes down to him making his dream selection of his future college. The Cowboys defeated Wyoming at home for the first time; the win by 32-6 at Gallagher-Iba Arena saw Bo Bassett in attendance of the dual. Showcasing fierce competition against its competitors, Bo Bassett’s addition to the team comes with a great chance for head coach David Taylor to train and nurture wrestlers like him in the team.

Bo Bassett visits Oklahoma

With his unconventional recruitment process underway, Bo Bassett of Bishop McCort Catholic and a member of the Young Guns Wrestling Club is now ticking another major college with his recent visit to Oklahoma State University this week alongside Jax Forrest. Sharing the excitement on social media, the wrestler shared the news on his Instagram account two days after his visit. “Great visit to Oklahoma State. Stillwater loves wrestling. If you climb in the saddle, be ready for the ride. Cowboy is a breed tougher than nails and strong as steel.

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Bo Bassett’s two-day visit was a fun-filled event with training alongside the newly-formed dominant team of Cowboys, photoshoots and the chance to attend the winning match against Wyoming. A memorable experience coming from there can, however, influence the wrestler on his college selection.

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Prospecting schools like Iowa, Michigan, Ohio, Penn State and now OSU, Bo Bassett’s career with several championship wins reflects his professional thought process in making a major decision of his career that will either work in his favor or can come to affect it. However, with his visit to OSU, whether a possible meetup with head coach David Taylor was made or not remains a mystery.

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