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The 2026 NCAA Finals are in the books & so is the 2025-2026 College Wrestling Season.  On today's 'Basch & The Brain', we recap the medal round & NCAA Finals and discuss some of the weekend's best storylines. TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Intro & Setting The Stage 05:00 - Young Champs This Year! 08:20 - 125lbs Picture Wrap-Up 22:25 - 133lbs 33:55 - 141 lbs 46:30 - 149 lbs 01:03:40 - 157 lbs 01:14:30 - 165 lbs 01:23:55 - 174 lbs 01:28:40 - 184 lbs 01:43:40- 197 lbs 01:50:45 - 285 lbs...

Another episode of Basch & The Brain to take us into the weekend! 0:00 - Intro & Setting the Stage 02:40 - New B1G Seeding Formula 14:50 - Ranking Series Update - Day 1 25:15 - Day 2 of Ranking Series 29:15 - Can Iowa Knock off Ohio State 51:55 - Penn State/Michigan & Rest of the Weekend 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 & analysis. PLEASE Support the sho...

Time to Recap the College Wrestling Weekend with Willie 'The Brain' Saylor. Video Timetamps (Add :30 for Audio) 0:01 - Intro & Willie turns Bills/Redskins Losing into a National Duals Rant 06:25 - Willie Has Some Nuggets & We Talk Injuries & Updates 18:45 - Ivy League Decided No Rev Sharing + Big 12 Rev Sharing Issues 28:00 - Weekend Rundown Starts with Nebraska’s Strong Rebound 40:30 - Rundown Resumes with Big Wins 48:00 - Penn State / Rutgers Breakdown 01:03:10 - W...

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 more great stories. Support the show & leave a 5-star rating and review on Apple Podcast...

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 podcast and go through the archives to hear more great stories.  Support the show & leav...

Back on the podcast for episode 228 today, is our guy Vincenzo Joseph, 2x NCAA Champ, 3x NCAA Finalist (4th year stolen as the 1 seed), as we go weight-by-weight recapping an incredible 2024 NCAA Championships Tournament.  We also talk about Cenzo’s return to the mat in just two weeks at the Olympic Trials Last Chance Qualifier! Feel free to tweet us and send us messages with questions and general thoughts! And be sure to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast and go through the archives to hear mor...

Great time with Willie as we preview the Big Ten Wrestling Championships, weight-by-weight, making picks at each weight along the way. Listen on Apple here. Listen on Spotify. Watch on YouTube below!

It's CKLV weekend, and it's time to preview what is arguably the toughest tournament of the season! Another fun episode of 'Basch & The Brain' as we go weight by weight through the CKLV, talk a little CyHawk dual, some other college tidbits and even end the show looking at the College Football Championship Conference weekend! This show is brought to you by our friends at ATAC. Video Game Stats, Meets Real Life Training. What's your #ATACrating? Put in the work to get closer to your goals....

He's the #1 P4P wrestler in college today and he's back on the Baschamania podcast to talk all about this upcoming season and the looming 2024 Olympic Trials. We talk all things ranging from: Winning His 3rd Natty The Elite Company He's With at Penn State Staying Hungry for 4 The Decision To Come Back Would He Come Back For #5? Olympic Trials Weight, Prep Freestyle Plans MMA Plans The In-Season Chirping/Social Media All-Star Classic Coming Up This show is brought to you by our friends at ATAC...

I put out a long Twitter thread this morning so for people not on Twitter, I thought I'd share an article version here and add a few more notes. Some thoughts in a thread about Yianni D being a 4x’er and likely not winning a Hodge. TL/DR: My opinion is that it ended up being a senior level sacrifice, in hindsight of course, and one that Yianni was ok with. I was thinking about our convo on Baschamania, and started thinking that one can make the argument that the Hodge seems like a s...

Yianni D is now just the 5th ever 4x NCAA Champion after earning another title at 149lbs this weekend. Today, friend of the show Yianni came back on to talk all about the tournament, his season, his career & what's next.  We talk through:  - The bracket match by match Is the weight lifted now that the mission has been accomplished Bouncing back from Austin Gomez loss What Mike Grey has done for Yianni Watching Vito’s Success Being Done with College Thoughts on Meyer Shapiro An...

All times below are EASTERN.  If anything is incorrect or you have additional info, tweet me @JustinJBasch. Big Ten Championships Saturday 10am - Session I (First Round, Quarterfinals, Wrestlebacks) on BTNSaturday 5:30pm - Session II (Consolation Matches, Wrestlebacks) on BIG+Saturday 7:30pm - Session II (Semifinals) on BTN Sunday 1pm - Session III (Consolation Semifinals, 7th-Place Matches) on B1G+Sunday 4:30pm - Session IV (1st-, 3rd- and 5th- Place Matches) on BTN Click Here to View P...

65 of USA Wrestling's best are headed to the First Ranking Series next week in Croatia.   First, here's a look at the schedule.  Note that times are local times, which is 6 hours ahead of EST time, so wrestling should be starting daily at 4am EST.   All wrestling should take place live on FloWrestling! So, lets take a look at who's competing.  Full entry list is here on UWW's site.  This list is always subject to change and when USA Wrestling puts out a press release,...

Lots of great wrestling this weekend as we move into the thick of the college wrestling season!First, quick overview of what’s streaming and when and where it’s streaming.   I'll reiterate this through the below, but for a quick glance: Midlands - BTN+ (Dec 29 & 30)Soldier Salute - BTN+ (Dec 29 & 30)  Southern Scuffle - FloWrestling (Jan 1 & 2)Not college, but also this weekend: Powerade - FloWrestling (Dec 29 & 30) Now, let’s talk about some of...

What a weekend of wrestling that surely lived up to all of the hype! Let's quickly go through the headlines from the weekend: - Friday Night, Rider's Ethan Laird (#12) upset returning NCAA Champ Max Dean (PSU) with a slightly controversial takedown in OT. - On Sunday, former teammate Michael Beard (#9) also beat Max Dean in a thrilling 11-9 match in Stabler Arena. - Speaking of OT takedowns, Nebraska's Mikey Labriola upset NCAA Champ Mekhi Lewis (Virginia Tech) with a overtime takedown of his...

- Maryland beat No. 16 Pittsburgh, 18-16, for their first ranked win since 2013??.  Pittsburgh turned around and beat #13 Lehigh 22-12 - No. 5 Arizona State defeats No. 3 Missouri, 19-17, in Tempe at Mullet Arena?? - Austin Gomez upsets Yianni D 3-9, hands Yianni only his second loss of his collegiate career.??  The top 4 guys at 149 have now all lost. - Gomez’s big win helped fuel #14 Wisconsin rebound from an Iowa State loss to a 19-13 victory over #9 Cornell ?? - The chaos ...

Who would've thought we'd see the top 4 guys at 149 all go down in November?  Especially when that top 4 includes arguably the #1 P4P wrestler in the country.It's early in the season, so if you haven't been paying too close of attention, here's what's happened in the rankings so far over the past few weeks:#1 Yianni D just lost to #3 Austin Gomez 3-9#2 Brock Mauller lost to #6 Kyle Parco 2-3#3 Austin Gomez lost to #11 Paniro Johnson 4-9#4 Sammy Sasso lost to #12 C...

Another great weekend of wrestling in the books!  AFK since Friday? (AFK is away from keyboard for you boomers) Here's some wrestling headlines at all age levels that you might've missed:  ??- In a very exciting Virginia Tech/Ohio State dual, true freshman Caleb Henson upset #2 Sammy Sasso of Ohio State in OT 5-3. Catch the full recap match-by-match on FLO here.  - In Penn State's 44-3 whooping of Lock Haven, PSU freshmen put on a show as Alex Facundo and Shayne Van...