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Fun show today diving into the biggest news stories of the week in the world of College & Senior Level Wrestling with Willie 'The Brain'! 0:31 - Clovis vs Buchanan 2:37 - Cleveland State Dropping Wrestling (Again) 16:45 - Every Wrestling Program Should Be Endowed 22:15 - BASCHAMANIA Wins Podcast of the Year 29:30 - National Duals are Back 37:00 - Penn State and Iowa Do Not Need To Go 54:15 - CKLV...

Fun show today diving into the biggest news stories of the week in the world of College & Senior Level Wrestling with Willie 'The Brain'! 0:31 - Intro and Bills/Commanders 3:45 - Diving into Wrestling Talk 4:30 - Iowa vs Illinois Recap 17:00 - 35 Undefeated Guys in the Country 18:10 - 125lb Tier Talk: Are There Clear Favorites? 41:00 - Cenzo Joins! 46:50 - Penn State vs. Nebraska Recap...

Fun show today diving into the biggest news stories of the week in the world of College & Senior Level Wrestling with Willie 'The Brain'! 00:31 - National Duals 33:40 - Women’s Wrestling Approved for an NCAA D1 Sport 43:00 - Rudis and UWW Partnership 46:20 - FloWrestling Announces a Super Card with Spencer Lee & Others 51:30 - Spencer Lee Competing a Lot Coming Up 55:40 - Ryan Croo...

Basch & The Brain January 13th Recapping Recent Events & Looking Ahead to Action Coming Up: 02:12 - Senior Level News 07:20 - Why Gable is Vilified 09:30 - Season-Ending Injury Plague 18:21 - Nebraska vs UNI, Minnesota 30:35 - Penn State Dominance 33:15 - Ridge Lovett & State of Riding 44:00 - Friday Results & Notes 53:30 - Looking at Saturday / Sunday Results 01:01:45 - Looking Ah...

Basch & The Brain January 3rd: 0:45 - Intro, Podcast of the Year Nomination 2:30 - College Football 7:20 - Rocky Elam Out for The Season 13:20 - Iowa Fans Mad at JB 17:05 - Coach Smith Transparency 23:43 - Rudis / USAW 33:23 - Midlands/Scuffle/Soldier Salute 36:05 - Arnold/Ferrari 41:50 - Midlands, Salute Rundown 46:45 - 197/285 - Is an Inbetween Weight Needed? 52:20 - Weekend Preview 01:04:40...

Lot of great action over the past week and on today's Christmas special, Basch & The Brain touch on many of the top storylines. 0:30 - Intro 05:32 - Oklahoma St vs. Virginia Tech Trip & Recap 15:29 - Collegiate Duals 18:15 - Rocco Welsh Staying at Ohio State 22:30 - Ohio State vs Iowa State & Their Lineups 28:07 - Collegiate Duals Streaming Issues 56:15 - Penn State at Collegiate Duals...

Time to do a weekend rundown & look at all the action coming up the rest of the week. From Oklahoma State vs Virginia Tech to a possible O'Toole/Haines match on Sunday, some great wrestling incoming! 0:30 Intro 3:30 - Eastern vs. Nazerth HeadgearGate 7:10 - Weekend Dual Rundown 8:47 - Rocco Welsh Rumors 19:56 - Iowa State Injuries 25:57 - Senior Level Wrestling 28:00 - Amit Elor “Snubbed” 35:5...

Josh Barr has made a splash at 197lbs this year as he breaks through to the tough Penn State lineup. He joined me for Victory Monday as we talk the current season & look back on the past year. TIMESTAMPS: 0:30 - Victory Monday, Bryce Jordan Center Debut 3:46 - Losing to Sinclair at US Open 5:59 - World Championships Experience 9:37 - Half The World Team was Nittany Lions 11:59 - The Next Gener...

Fun having Utah Valley's Terrell Barraclough on the show today to talk about his transfer from Penn State, the season he's putting together, and what's next for the stud. TIMESTAMPS-ISH: 0:30 - Intro & Is It Actually “Bearclaw”? 3:16 - Why He Transferred from Penn State 06:45 - Hitting the Portal 12:57 - Helping Adam Hall Establish His Footing at Utah Valley 14:31 - Going From a Workhorse in t...

Great time today recapping the CKLV tournament! And, yes, TIMETAMPS for the WE WANT TIMESTAMPS CROWD: 01:30 - Few Ironman Notes 04:40 - 125lbs 09:26 - Large Amount of Medical Forfeits 17:37 - Oklahoma State’s Performance 28:31 - 133lbs at CKLV 39:47 - 141lbs at CKLV 49:29 - 149bs at CKLV 56:31 - 157lbs at CKLV 01:01:23 - 165lbs at CKLV 01:09:02 - 174lbs at CKLV 01:14:22 - 184lbs at CKLV 01:18:20 -...

Some CKLV entry updates have come in & we go weight-by-weight to recap Willie's Crystal Ball rankings/projections! 3:00 - CKLV Updates 13:20 - Crystal Ball Overview 16:02 - Crystal Ball: 125 25:21 - Crystal Ball: 133 35:48 - Crystal Ball: 141 44:29 - Crystal Ball: 149 50:53 - Crystal Ball: 157 01:02:28 - Crystal Ball: 165 01:07:38 - Crystal Ball: 174 01:18:15 - Crystal Ball: 184 01:23:54 - Cry...

It's going down this weekend in Las Vegas! This weekend, it's the premiere wrestling tournament of the regular season as we get the CKLV Invitational on Friday & Saturday. On today's show, Willie & JB go weight-by-weight as we talk projected seeds, make picks for each weight & discuss the storylines we're watching heading into the weekend! 07:12 - CKLV Preview: 125lbs. 20:10 - CKLV Pre...

What a great weekend of wrestling action. From a dominant Gable Steveson return, to the Iowa/Iowa State CyHawk Dual, Penn State Wrestle-offs at the Black Knight Invitational, we recap it all in today's episode of the show as JB and Willie give the full weekend rundown. Feel free to tweet us and send us messages with questions and general thoughts! Be sure to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast and go through...

Time to preview all this weekend's action! Missouri vs Illinois - Most Competitive Dual of the Weekend? CyHawk Dual: Iowa vs Iowa State - Will Iowa run away with it? Keystone Classic Preseeds - Some great matches to look out for. Black Knight Invitational - Penn State Wrestle-offs? Full Weekend Slate Rundown - Looking dual by dual... Feel free to tweet us and send us messages with questions and ge...

Today, we dive into the top wrestling stories from the weekend: Sammy Sasso Returns 454 Days After Being Shot Barraclough, My Current Wrestler of November All-Star Classic Recap College Betting Tidbit Weekend Rundown of Box Scores, Top Results Rocco Welsh to Redshirt and go up to 184 Casey Swiderski to Miss the Entire Season with a Knee Injury Gable is BACK. FIRST Semester, too. Marcus Blaze Commi...

The college wrestling season is underway! Today, Willie & JB recap last week's action and then preview next weekend's action, including the All-Star Classic. Friend of the Show, Don B joins at the end to talk some Jersey Wrestling, as well. Feel free to tweet us and send us messages with questions and general thoughts! Be sure to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast and go through the archives to hear mor...

Willie's Updated Crystal Ball Rankings are OUT and it is time to Officially Preview the 2024-2025 D1 College Wrestling Season. Lot of fun in this episode as we go weight-by-weight and talk about the favorites and some predictions, along with storylines, for the upcoming season. Feel free to tweet us and send us messages with questions and general thoughts! Be sure to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast and g...

Many laughs & an awesome time today having Olympic Champion and 6x World/Olympic Medalist Sarah Hildebrandt back on the podcast. We talk: Processing Emotions before Olympics Susaki Going Down in the First Round Vinesh Missing Weight on Day 2 Wrestling Cuba's Guzman in the Finals Never Giving Up Fans at the Olympics vs No Fans in Tokyo Having Drew with her at the Olympics Elor Winning’s Mom...

What an awesome weekend of wrestling at the 2024 World Team Trials for the Non Olympic Weight World Championships! This weekend, Vito Arujau, James Green, Jordan Burroughs & David Taylor all made the 2024 World Team and Willie & I recap it all, talking about many of this weekend's top storylines! Feel free to tweet us and send us messages with questions and general thoughts! Be sure to...

David Taylor is officially in at 92kg for the World Team Trials, which means it's finally time to do an official preview for Men's Freestyle. We'll dive in to 61kg, 70kg, 79kg, and 92kg, and of course, make our picks! Feel free to tweet us and send us messages with questions and general thoughts! Be sure to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast and go through the archives to hear more great stories...

Fun show today as Adam Fellers and Don Beshada join Willie & I to discuss the state of the NIL & The Transfer Portal after all of the recent Iowa & surrounding activity. We also talk about "developing" athletes & just what that means. After that lengthy discussion, we talk Gable Steveson/Buffalo Bills, Zain's NLWC addition, WTT news and notes and briefly looking at Junior Worlds ne...

Olympic wrestling has come to a close at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, and today, Willie & I, along with Felters halfway through, recap the action and talk about many of the reactions & takeaways. Feel free to tweet us and send us messages with questions and general thoughts! Be sure to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast and go through the archives to hear more great stories. Support the show &am...

Basch & The Brain Recap the Past Few Days of Wrestling at the Olympics, including: Sarah Hildebrandt Wins Gold Helen In 3rd Olympic Medal Match Spencer Lee is in the Finals Mason Parris Went 0 for 1 Aaron Brooks Loses a Heartbreaker Dake is In Fact Aging Backwards Feel free to tweet us and send us messages with questions and general thoughts! Be sure to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast and go through...

Basch & The Brain Recap the First Few Days of Wrestling at the Olympics: Lopez Wins Gold Number 5 Vinesh Stuns 5x World & Olympic Champ Yiu Susaki, then gets DQ'd after not making weight Sarah Hildebrandt Is Into The Finals! Amit Elor is Simply Incredible Previewing Tomorrow's MFS 57kg & 86kg, and WFS 57kg brackets Greco Goes 0-for-5 Micic is Out, Was Weight an Issue? Feel free...

It is finally here! Of course, I'm referring to both Wrestling at The 2024 Olympics and our preview show! Today, Willie "The Brain" and I, Justin Basch, go through Men's Freestyle in-depth, weight-by-weight, and talk picks, betting lines, brackets (what we know), storylines, and more. Feel free to tweet us and send us messages with questions and general thoughts! Be sure to SUBSCRIBE to the podcas...