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Rocky Elam Out for the Season, No Arnold/Ferrari, What's Coming Up | 262 Jan 03, 2025

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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: Open Questions for Willie: Next New Coach to Win an NCAA Title & Next Team Outside of Recent 5 to Win an NCAA Title
01:06:12 - Bo Bassett Recruitment/Anticipation

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Collegiate Duals & Basch & The Brain Weekend Rundown | 261 Dec 24, 2024

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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
01:04:50: Little Rock Notes
01:07:18 - State of Missouri Right Now
01:09:56 - O’Toole vs Levi and 174lbs
01:23:07 - Meyer Shapiro Returned & Dominated

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Oklahoma State vs Virginia Tech, O'Toole/Haines, Weekend Rundown & Preview | 260 Dec 17, 2024

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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”
35:56 - Transfer Rules/$$
37:52 - Barr Majoring Beard
41:30 - Cardenas Looks Incredible
46:21 - VTech vs Oklahoma State Preview
01:01:14 - Collegiate Duals
01:02:00 - Ohio State vs Iowa State Rundown
01:09:48 - Keegan O'Toole vs Levi Haines Going Down

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Josh Barr Talks Penn State Culture, U20 Silver and 197 lbs | 259 Dec 16, 2024

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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 Generation of Penn State Wrestling
14:59 - Transition to College & The PSU Room
18:45 - What Early Losses in the Room Taught Him
25:10 - Thoughts on Weight Heading Into the Season
27:05 - Getting Beef from Kasak Family Farm
29:10 - Cutting Back to 84 Next Year?
30:32 - On Cutting Weight
32:00 - Iron Sharpens Iron
33:15 - Having a Tough Schedule
36:05 - The Penn State Culture
38:08 - Influential Leadership
42:00 - Competing This Weekend
43:39 - Rapid Fire Instagram Questions

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Barraclough Just Wanted His One Shot; Capitalizing at Utah Valley | 258 Dec 11, 2024

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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 the Room to THE Guy
16:30 - Workhorse? That’s Carter Starocci!
17:49 - Teaching Utah Valley What He Knows, Brings From Penn State
19:18 - Still Feeling the Penn State Love
23:00 - Not Leaving Penn State Earlier
25:30 - CKLV Performance
29:10 - Developing Mindset
33:49 - Expectations For the Rest of the Season
36:39 - Learning From Cael about Target Being On Your Back
41:18 - Looking Forward To Most the Rest of the Season & Post College
44:07 - What Wrestling Taught Him Most

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Oklahoma State Dominated CKLV; Full CKLV Recap! | 257 Dec 08, 2024

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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 - 197lbs at CKLV
01:24:39 - 285lbs at CKLV
01:28:08 - Final Team Notes

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CKLV Entries/Notes & Willie's Crystal Ball Updates | 256 Dec 04, 2024

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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 - Crystal Ball: 197
01:31:47 - Crystal Ball: 285 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 Podcasts, and shop some apparel on BASCHAMANIA.com! For all partnership and sponsorship inquiries, email info@baschamania.com. BASCHAMANIA is a Basch Solutions Production. Learn more about Basch Solutions at BaschSolutions.com. THE HOST OF THE SHOW: JUSTIN BASCH TWITTER: http://www.twitter.com/justinjbasch INSTAGRAM: http://www.instagram.com/jbasch WILLIE ON TWITTER: https://twitter.com/MatScouts1 SUBSCRIBE TO THE BASCHAMANIA WRESTLING PODCAST! Get more premium wrestling content on Rokfin! Rokfin.com/Baschamania

Full CKLV Preview Show! Seeds, Picks & Storylines | 255 Dec 02, 2024

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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 Preview: 133lbs.

26:01 - CKLV Preview: 141lbs.

31:00 - CKLV Preview: 149lbs.

37:33 - CKLV Preview: 157lbs.

46:05 - CKLV Preview: 165lbs.

52:15 - CKLV Preview: 174lbs.

59:40 - CKLV Preview: 184bs.

01:04:51 - CKLV Preview: 197lbs.

01:17:55 - CKLV Preview: 285lbs.

01:23:25 - CKLV Team Projections

01:27:28 - What Team Will Have 2 Champs?

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CyHawk Dual, Penn State Wrestle-offs, Weekend Recap | 254 Nov 25, 2024

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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.

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Weekend Preview: CyHawk Dual, Keystone Classic, Black Knight Invitational & More | 253 Nov 20, 2024

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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...

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