Justin Basch | Podcast Episodes

May 7

Episode 116

Aaron Brooks on His Championship Season

2021 NCAA & Big 10 Champ Aaron Brooks joined Cenzo and I for some Coffee Talk as we talk all things AB. His transition to Penn State Wrestling, winning the NCAA Championships &...

May 4

Episode 115

A Post-Junior/Senior Nationals Coffee Talk

Some Tuesday afternoon coffee talk as Cenzo and JB talk about Junior & Senior Nationals, some random happenings in wrestling (and around the house), and a bit more. This episode ...

Apr 26

Episode 114

David Carr is Back With More Accolades

Iowa State Cyclone David Carr is back on the BASCHAMANIA podcast with a new accolade: NCAA Champion! (And Back-to-Back Big 12 Champ!) This time around, he joins Cenzo and I talk ...

Apr 20

Episode 113

Carter Starocci Joins Us to Share On Success, Future, and Faith

Freshmen National Champ Carter Starocci joins his Nittany Lion teammate Vincenzo and I to talk about his success, his future, and his faith, among other topics, including what Thomas Gilman ...

Apr 12

Episode 112

Sammy Alvarez On What Happened With Big 10's

It was a weird year for all of us with Covid and Sammy Alvarez is no exception to the rule. He joins us for some Monday Morning Coffee Talk to ...

Apr 9

Episode 111

Getting to Know AJ Ferrari Over Coffee; Ant The Champ Joins In, Too

After an incredible month for AJ Ferrari, the Big 12 & NCAA Champ joined Cenzo and I for some coffee talk to talk about his injuries, rapid increase in fandom, recent ...

Apr 5

Episode 110

JO Breaks Down his Olympic Trials Matches, Weight Cut & Diet

It's rare we spend an entire episode breaking something down from a technical standpoint, but that's what this episode turned into as 2021 Olympic Team Trials Champion at 65kg ...

Mar 28

Episode 109

Braxton Amos & Evan Henderson on Their Journeys & Performances

After a dominating weekend at the Last Chance Olympic Qualifier, both Evan Henderson and Braxton Amos joined me on BASCHAMANIA to talk about their journeys leading up to the Olympic ...

Mar 21

Episode 108

NCAAs Wrap Up Coffee Talk & Champs Nick Lee & Roman Bravo-Young Join Us!

What a weekend! We've got 10 NCAA Champions and a whole lot to talk about. Cenzo and I spend the first hour going through NCAA's one weight at a time and ...

Mar 15

Episode 107

Peyton Prussin and Matt McCutcheon Join Us For Some Coffee Talk

NAIA Champ Peyton Prussin, who teched and pinned her way to a national championship this past weekend, and Matt McCutcheon, who helped coach Life U to an upset for the ...

Mar 10

Episode 106

Ridge Lovett and Gable Steveson Join us for Big 10s & NCAAs Coffee Talk

Two people that had everyone talking this weekend at Big 10s? Ridge Lovett (Nebraska) and Gable Steveson (Minnesota!) Grateful to have both of them join Cenzo and I tonight to ...

Mar 8

Episode 105

Coffee Talk: Big 10s, Big 12s, and Mateo Pellicone

What a wild weekend! We had the Big 10 Championships, the Big 12 Championships, and the Mateo Pellicone Ranking Series over in Rome. Today, Cenzo and I dive into all of this ...

Mar 1

Episode 104

Shane Sparks Joins Cenzo and I For Pre Big-10’s Coffee Talk!

Shane Sparks is the VOICE of the Big 10 conference. He eats, sleeps, and breathes folkstyle and Big 10 wrestling, so who better to have join Cenzo and I for some pre-Big-10 ...

Feb 27

Episode 103

Coffee Talk: This Past Week in Wrestling & Looking Ahead to Big 10's, NCAAs, & OTT!

A little weekend Coffee Talk with my guy Vincenzo Joseph today as we talk about the RTC events of this past week, including his two matches at the NLWC 5 event, ...

Feb 23

Episode 102

Seth Gross & I Talk Big Week in Wrestling, Olympic Trials, & Content

Always great catching up with my guy Seth Gross! The NCAA Champ and I talk about all the events in wrestling coming up this week on Rokfin, his Olympic Trials ...

Feb 17

Episode 101

Jason Nolf Back on the Podcast

Great catching up with Jason Nolf ahead of his match with Kyle Dake next week on the NLWC 5 card (watch by subscribing to NLWC's Rokfin channel!) We talk golf, Traeger, ...

Feb 10

Episode 100

Coffee Talk: Philly Experience, Flo Buys Track

Great chat today for the 100th episode of BASCHAMANIA as Cenzo and I talk about our experiences in Philly last weekend, what's coming up for both of us, Flo ...

Jan 25

Episode 99

Sarah Hildebrandt Joins Cenzo & I for Coffee Talk

World Silver Medalist, and all-around trailblazer, Sarah Hildebrandt joined Cenzo and I for some Coffee Talk today and this conversation did not disappoint. We dove into Freestyle > Folkstyle debate, ...

Jan 21

Episode 98

Matt McCutcheon Joins The Show, Cenzo & I Talk World & Olympic Trials

Was great to have Penn State alum Matt McCutcheon join Cenzo and I for some Coffee Talk after Cenzo and I talk World & Olympic Trials qualifications for a bit. ...

Jan 17

Episode 97

Ant The Champ Joins Cenzo & I for Some Coffee Talk

Busy week this past week in wrestling! The JB/DT match and card took place, USA sent a SQUAD of hammers to France to compete in the Henri Deglane, and ...