BASCHAMANIA

Our guy Vincenzo Joseph is BACK for some Coffee Talk and catching up about his recent decision to leave his coaching gig at Stanford and head to Arizona State to train full time.  This show is brought to you by our friends at ATAC.  ATAC is an AI Strength & Conditioning coach, Nutritionist, and Mentality Mentor all in your pocket. Your Age. Your Goals. Your Program.  Download th...

NCAA Champ Seth Gross just added another incredible accolade to his  resume: World Team Member!  Today, just a week after the monster  accomplishment, Seth joins me once again on the podcast to talk about  his World Team Trials & Final X performances and share some insight  around the matches, circumstances, and overcoming adversity.  Always  great catching u...

Great catching up with back-to-back NCAA Champ from Penn State at 141 lbs, Nick Lee!  We talked about his final college season, his second National Championship, plans for the senior level, how to succeed at what you're doing -including, but not limited to- wrestling, respecting people who disagree with you, the issue with no fans at World Team Trials, and more. This show is brought to you by...

Fun time chatting today with 2022 NCAA Champion at 197lbs,Penn State's Max Dean, on this week's episode of BASCHAMANIA.  We talked all things from his move to State College, what surprised him and what didn't, the wrestling lineage he's apart of, his time so far at Penn State, how political dodge ball is and so much more.  This show is brought to you by our friends at ATAC.  ATAC is...

Fun catching up with NCAA Champs Roman Bravo-Young and Bo Nickal today! Both are back on the podcast once again to talk about what's coming up for them.  Bo just announced yesterday that his next fight - and his first PRO fight - will be June 3rd.  Roman just announced that he is coming back for another year at Penn State.  We talk those announcements and what they mean, along with...

2022 NCAA Champion Ryan Deakin has to be one of the nicest guys in the sport.  Today, he joined me on Baschamania to talk about his college career at Northwestern & his NCAA Championship, what he's looking forward to in Freestyle & the World Team Trials, and we also dive into his Faith, among other topics. This show is brought to you by our friends at ATAC.  ATAC is an AI Strengt...

My man Yianni D is back on the podcast today fresh off winning another NCAA Championship!  Today, he joins to talk about his NCAA tournament, the Freestyle vs Folkstyle debate, NIL deals, his upcoming senior-level wrestling this year, and more. This show is brought to you by our friends at ATAC.  ATAC is an AI Strength & Conditioning coach, Nutritionist, nd Mentality Mentor all in yo...

A lot has been going on behind the scenes these last few days.  After Real Woods left Stanford, the conversations started going wild about potential back-door deals & potential NIL deals as wrestlers and coaches are reporting wrestlers being contacted to transfer left and right.  Cenzo, the current Assistant Head Coach at Stanford, and Willie, of MatScouts & Intermat, joined me,...

Couldn’t move past NCAA’s without having a few of my favorite competitors on the podcast!  Today, NCAA Champions David Carr (1st in 2021, 3rd in 2022) and Aaron Brooks (Back-to-Back Champion) joined me to talk about their seasons & NCAA Championship Tournaments.   It was such a fun episode as we really dove into their faith and also talk about their favorite matches of the seaso...

What a weekend in Detroit for the 2022 NCAA Wrestling Championships!   Not much of an intro is needed to set the stage here as Willie and I  dive into all things Detroit to discuss the weekend & the  tournament. Enjoy! This show is brought to you by our friends at ATAC.  ATAC is an AI Strength & Conditioning coach, Nutritionist, nd Mentality Mentor all in your pock...

Great having Izzy Martinez of "Izzy Style" back on the podcast today as we give our picks and preview the 2022 NCAA Championships! We also talk about what Izzy's connection to being such a Michigan fan is and just how deep the Izzy Style > Michigan pipeline runs! This show is brought to you by our friends at ATAC.  ATAC is an AI Strength & Conditioning coach, Nutritionist, nd Mentality...

What a weekend it was with the Conference Championships! Today, one of the biggest staples of the wrestling community, Willie Saylor, joins me as we recap Big 10’s weight-by-weight and talk about the medical forfeits crisis, as well as we pull back the wrestling media curtain a bit and give a look at what it's like being on the media side of the sport.  NCAA Brackets comes tout tonight 3/9 at...

Corby's back as we have Big Ten preseeds (which should all hold) and we go weight by weight discussing some key matches and all of our picks for the 2021-2022 Big Ten Wrestling Championships! This show is brought to you by our friends at ATAC. ATAC is an AI Strength & Conditioning coach, Nutritionist, and Mentality Mentor all in your pocket. Your Age. Your Goals. Your Program.  Download t...

They're back! So much fun having Kyle Snyder and Jason Nolf back on the podcast today to talk about their recent trip competing in Russia, Kyle's upcoming best of 3 series with J'den Cox, eating raw liver, Jason & Kyle's heated rivalry and more!  This show is brought to you by our friends at ATAC. ATAC is an AI Strength & Conditioning coach, Nutritionist, and Mentality Mentor all in y...

It's been a few weeks but we're back!  We caught up on a variety of topics spanning before Folkstyle & Freestyle as Corby and I talk: AJ Ferrari & Brayton Lee being out for the season, Berge to 57?, the Hodge contenders, Bout at the Ballpark, Rudis SuperMatch1 card, Yasar Dogu, and what's coming up this weekend in the final weekend of the collegiate regular season! This show is brough...

This Friday Night, the wrestling dual of the year goes down as 1 Penn State travels to take on 2 Iowa at Carver Hawkeye Arena!  I couldn't be more excited for this dual, and as a PSU homer, needed to have a balanced conversation with a Iowa homer, to go through all of the matches one by one! Happy to have Adam Fellers on today to preview the dual and make some picks.  Cenzo hops on for 2...

A back-to-back special today as I'm first joined by Cenzo and Real Woods for a half hour of Coffee Talk, getting to know and catching up with the 141lb NCAA Championship contender Real who just captured his 2nd Southern Scuffle title a few weeks ago.  At the 28:30 mark, Drew Hildebrandt joins me for the second half of the show to talk about his move & transfer to Penn State and his recent...

I can't remember who, but I heard a podcaster once say that if nobody listened to their show, they would still do it because of the conversations they get to have.  This is how I feel after having one of the most dominant wrestlers in the world on the show and having such a fun conversation.   Today, 2019 World & 2020 Olympic Champ Tamyra Mensah-Stock joined me on Baschamania to talk...

We had a lot of fun with the Thanksgiving Day Snake Draft with Nolf, so we decided to do a Christmas Special, as well.  Cenzo's PSU teammate Luke Gardner joined us today as we chatted a little Collegiate Duals, a little Stanford, a little Penn State, and of course, did a Christmas Day Snake Draft. We hope you enjoy over the holiday weekend and have a very Merry Christmas! This show is brought...

Monday & Tuesday, the Collegiate Duals will be taking place in Florida and are live on Rokfin featuring some of the best teams in the country including, but not limited to, Penn State, Iowa, Arizona State, and Cornell.  Going to be a heck of a few days of wrestling, which will feature 19 dual meets in total! Had a fun time previewing the event with Corby today and we hope it adds some val...

Fun guest today as one of the greatest American wrestlers of all time joins the show: 3x NCAA Champ (4x Finalist) and 3x World Champ, Lee Kemp!  Lee has not only had an interesting career, but such an interesting life.  Adopted at a young age, Lee found wrestling to be his saving grace.  Although he didn't start wrestling until a later age than most, Lee quickly became one of the greatest American...

We had fun on the last preview show so thought why not run it back for the CKLV this weekend! The CKLV is this Friday & Saturday and will feature a ton of amazing wrestling including a potential showdown at 149lbs between #1 Yianni D and #2 Sammy Sasso. Corby and I preview the CKLV weight-by-weight and also touch on the Suriano to Michigan news, the UWW Rankings money that went out, and some o...

What a show! Easily my top choice for show of the year as our guy Cenzo is back on for some Coffee Talk and 3x NCAA Champ Jason Nolf joins us a week ahead of some matches in Russia.

 We talk everything from Nolf’s upcoming competitions and Jason & Cenzo’s Penn State days to the importance of gratitude & we even do a Thanksgiving Day snake draft.  If you don’t know what that is, don’t...

He's back! We had so much fun a few weeks ago, Rokfin CEO & Founder Martin Floreani is back on the show with us to dive deeper into the Collegiate Duals.  The Collegiate Duals, which feature 12 teams - 7 of the top-10 in the country - competing in the National Duals style tournament, will be hosted on Rokfin's platform. Uniquely, the teams will receive a portion of the value they bring to...

Great to catch up with former NLWC coach and current Arizona State University Volunteer Assistant Coach Eric Thompson as he joins Cenzo and I for some Coffee Talk.  We spent the hour chatting about his recent move to Arizona, the upcoming season, what was hard about leaving State College, what he's excited for the most, the PSU/ASU differences, and much more.  This episode is a little al...