BASCHAMANIA

Oct 22 2024 249 ep. 59 mins 93

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A wrestling podcast hosted by Justin Basch and cohost Vincenzo Joseph featuring the best wrestlers sharing great stories & insight. Available on Apple, Spotify, & more.

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The Crystal Ball / College Season Preview Show with The Brain | 250

Oct 22 2024 152 mins

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 t

2024 Olympic Champ Sarah Hildebrandt on Just Never Giving Up! | 249

Sep 18 2024 69 mins

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 Ol

2024 World Team Trials Recap with Basch & The Brain | 248

Sep 16 2024 82 mins

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 thou

David Taylor Enters World Team Trials; World Team Trials Preview Show Live! | 247

Sep 12 2024 76 mins

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 mo

The State of NIL & The Transfer Portal, "Developing" Athletes | BASCHAMANIA 246

Aug 28 2024 96 mins

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 brief

2024 Olympic Recap & Takeaways with Basch & The Brain | 245

Aug 11 2024 67 mins

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. Sup

Spencer's In The Finals, Hildebrandt's a Champ, Draws for Saturday are Out | 244

Aug 09 2024 71 mins

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

Elor is Incredible, Lopez Wins 5, Vinesh Stuns Susaki & More Olympics Talk | 243

Aug 07 2024 54 mins

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 We

2024 Olympics Wrestling Preview with Basch & The Brain | 242

Aug 04 2024 103 mins

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 SUBSCRIB

Mindset & Marketing for Wrestlers with Wrestling Mindset's Gene Zannetti | 241

Jul 22 2024 64 mins

What a fun show today talking mindset & marketing for wrestlers as Wrestling Mindset's Gene Zannetti comes on the show and we talk all things mindset & marketing. For those that don't know, I've owned Basch Solutions, a marketing agency for the past 16 years, and we not only work with businesses of all shapes and sizes across the country, but we work with the b