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[baschamania @baschamania]

NEW EPISODE 🎙️ BASCHAMANIA 446

@justinjbasch and @MatScouts1 wrap up Team USA's historic week at Worlds and ease into the college season's opening weekend!

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[baschamania @baschamania]

@ChanceFreeman4 @0313Cowboy I was very clear about why Doucet wasn't there when the entries came out. I just think Ross is the guy. Spratley wasn't there either - should I not put him there? Great tweet though! https://t.co/wPTIPYvssT

[Justin Basch @JustinJBasch]

The Cowboy Invitational entries are out.

Five Cowboys entered at 141 and three at 174. At heavyweight, Dreshaun Ross looks ready to go, while #1 Konner Doucet in Kazakhstan helping Wyatt Hendrickson at Worlds. And #7 Troy Spratley isn't entered at 125, where true freshman Rocklin Zinkin is OSU's only wrestler.

Plus Jax Forrest wrestles for the first time since June, and #2 Cody Merrill and Little Rock's #3 Stephen Little are both entered at 197.

It all goes down Sunday at Gallagher-Iba, and it won't be streamed.

[baschamania @baschamania]

COWBOY LINEUP?! Oklahoma State's opening weekend answered some questions and raised a few more.

Casey Swiderski's overtime takedown of #5 Dee Lockett at 165 could shake up the middle of the lineup, and a few other spots might not match the preseason rankings either:

174: Alex Facundo over #14 Lorenzo Norman
184: Mikey White over #10 Bennett Berge
285: DreShaun Ross over #1 Konner Doucet

Six Cowboys were ranked top 10 in the preseason. This team is loaded either way.

[Bo Bassett WC @BoBassett06]

@JustinJBasch Let’s go!!!! @LeeSpencerlee36 @JustinJBasch @baschamania

[baschamania @baschamania]

Went live today between Semis & Medal Round!

Full show up now everywhere: https://t.co/D8tmTzMlml

[Justin Basch @JustinJBasch]

EVEREST LEYDECKER IS A WORLD CHAMPION! 🥇🇺🇸

At just 19, she beats Ukraine's Nataliia Klivchutska 4-1 for 55kg gold in Astana.

She gave up ONE point per match, all tournament long. Four matches, four points allowed, and a pin in the quarterfinals.

What a run for the Hawkeye. 👏

[Justin Basch @JustinJBasch]

TEAM USA CLINCHES THE WOMEN'S FREESTYLE WORLD TEAM TITLE! 🏆🇺🇸

Everest Leydecker's gold at 55kg clinched it, the first women's World team title for the U.S. since 1999 and just the second ever.

What a week for the women in Astana:
🥇 Adaugo Nwachukwu, 62kg
🥇 Everest Leydecker, 55kg
🥉 Helen Maroulis, 57kg
🥉 Dymond Guilford, 76kg
🥉 Kennedy Blades, 68kg

And Abigail Nette is still wrestling for gold NEXT 59kg.

History made. 👏

[Justin Basch @JustinJBasch]

So close. Abby Nette falls 8-6 in a hard-fought World final against India's Manisha, who made history for India in the process 🇺🇸🥈

A World silver medal in her run here and a large contribution to the USA Women winning the team title!

Congrats, Abby 👏

[Justin Basch @JustinJBasch]

BO BASSETT IS A WORLD CHAMPION! 🥇🇺🇸

The Virginia Tech freshman beats Armenia's Vazgen Tevanyan, a 2x Olympian, 9-1 for 65kg gold in his Senior Worlds debut!

He's the first American World champion at this weight since Bill Zadick won it in 2006, back when it was 66kg.

What a week: a 1:13 pin over the 3 seed, two techs, a 14-13 thriller over Russia, and now World gold. 🔥

LET'S GO BO!

[Justin Basch @JustinJBasch]

KYLE SNYDER WINS HIS 5TH WORLD TITLE! 🥇🇺🇸

In the most stacked bracket in Astana, Snyder is the one standing on top. Abdulrashid Sadulaev took bronze, Hassan Yazdani took bronze, and Olympic champion Akhmed Tazhudinov finished 5th.

Snyder beat Sadulaev in the quarterfinals, then Japan's Arash Yoshida 4-4 on criteria for gold.

Back-to-back World titles, his 9th World medal, and his 11th World and Olympic medal overall. 🐐

LET'S GO, CAPTAIN AMERICA!

[Justin Basch @JustinJBasch]

Team USA men's freestyle is 22-3 at Worlds so far 🇺🇸🔥

🥇 Bo Bassett: 5-0
🥇 Kyle Snyder: 4-0
Kyle Dake: 5-0, wrestling for gold
Zain Retherford: 3-1, wrestling for bronze
Wyatt Hendrickson: 3-1, wrestling for bronze
Marcus Blaze: 2-1, in repechage

Spencer Lee, James Green, Levi Haines, and Trent Hidlay all start their World Championships tomorrow.

[Justin Basch @JustinJBasch]

EVEREST LEYDECKER IS INTO THE WORLD FINALS! 🇺🇸🔥

The 19-year-old just took out Japan's Nagisa Harada to reach the 55kg final in her Senior Worlds debut.

She's 3-0 in Astana, including a pin over Germany's Anastasia Blayvas in the quarters.

Up next: Ukraine's Nataliia Klivchutska for World gold!

[Justin Basch @JustinJBasch]

ABIGAIL NETTE PINS HER WAY INTO THE WORLD FINALS! 🇺🇸🔥

She sticks Ukraine's Mariia Vynnyk in the 59kg semifinals.

That's two pins in three matches in Astana, after pinning Burundi's Gloria Niyonkuru in 42 seconds and edging Russia's Svetlana Lipatova 7-6 in the quarters.

Team USA now has three women in World finals!

[Justin Basch @JustinJBasch]

BO BASSETT IS INTO THE WORLD FINALS! 🇺🇸🔥

He just TECHED Tajikistan's Abdulmazhid Kudiev 12-2 in the 65kg World semifinals!

What a senior debut: a 1:13 pin over the #3 seed, a 12-0 tech, a 14-13 thriller over Russia's Abasgadzhi Magomedov, and now a tech in the semis.

He goes for World gold Friday at 9 AM ET!

[Justin Basch @JustinJBasch]

SNYDER CAPS OFF A PERFECT DAY FOR TEAM USA! 🇺🇸🔥

Kyle Snyder wins 5-0 in the 97kg semifinals to reach his 9th career World or Olympic final!

Team USA went 14-0 on the day, with four Americans into World finals: Everest Leydecker, Abigail Nette, Bo Bassett and Kyle Snyder.

What a day in Astana. 👏 We're live at 9am to talk about it!

[Justin Basch @JustinJBasch]

SNYDER TAKES OUT SADULAEV, AGAIN! 🇺🇸

Kyle Snyder beats Abdulrashid Sadulaev 4-4 on criteria in the 97kg quarterfinals and advances to the World semis!

The rivalry that defined a decade:
2017 Worlds final: Snyder 5-4
2018 Worlds final: Sadulaev by fall
2021 Worlds final: Sadulaev 6-0
2026 Worlds quarters: Snyder 4-4

That's 2-2 between them at the World Championships.

Semis are at ~7:30am ET.

[Justin Basch @JustinJBasch]

BO BASSETT INTO THE WORLD SEMIS! 🇺🇸

Down 10-3 at the break, Bo does what Bo does. He storms back to beat Russia's Abasgadzhi Magomedov 14-13 in the quarterfinals at his first Senior World Championships!

🔹 Pinned No. 3 seed Biabani (CAN) in 1:13
🔹 Tech'd Sticker (FRA) 12-0
🔹 Beat Magomedov (RUS) 14-13

Semis at ~7:30am ET!

[Justin Basch @JustinJBasch]

WHAT A MORNING FOR TEAM USA 🇺🇸🔥

Americans went 10-0 overnight in Astana, and 4 of them are into the World semifinals!

Kyle Snyder beat Abdulrashid Sadulaev 4-4 on criteria in the quarterfinals! After a 10-0 tech over Turkey's Tokgoz, and the win over Sad, Snyder back into World Semis!

Bo Bassett pinned #3 seed Peiman Biabani in 1:13, teched France's Quentin Sticker 12-0, then outlasted Russia's Abasgadzhi Magomedov (WORLD CHAMP) 14-13 in a wild quarterfinal.

Everest Leydecker (55kg) and Abigail Nette (59kg) are both 2-0 and into the semis, and Kennedy Blades teched India's Srishti 12-1 to reach a bronze-medal match.

SEMIFINALS (ET)
7:30 AM: Leydecker vs. Nagisa Harada (JPN)
7:38 AM: Nette vs. Mariia Vynnyk (UKR)
7:46 AM: Bassett vs. Abdulmazhid Kudiev (TJK)
7:54 AM: Snyder vs. Zbigniew Baranowski (POL)

MEDAL MATCHES (ET)
9:00 AM: Precious Wieser vs. Tanu Sharma (IND), bronze
9:20 AM: Cristelle Rodriguez vs. Andreea Ana (ROU), bronze
9:34 AM: Kennedy Blades vs. Delgermaa Enkhsaikhan (MGL), bronze
10:03 AM: Adaugo Nwachukwu vs. Nonoka Ozaki (JPN), GOLD

[Justin Basch @JustinJBasch]

Super 32 finalists by college commitment for those who are committed 🎓

Virginia Tech: 3
Iowa: 2
Oklahoma State: 2
Cornell: 2
Nebraska, Northern Iowa, Illinois, Lehigh, and Arizona State all have 1

[Justin Basch @JustinJBasch]

The GOAT is back on the mat tonight. 🐐🇺🇸

Helen Maroulis opens her World Championships run at 57kg as women's freestyle gets underway in Astana. She's an Olympic champion, a 3x Olympic medalist and a multi-time World champion, and she's still going for more Gold.

Morgan Turner, Kayla Miracle and Dymond Guilford are also in action overnight, and Xavier Johnson (doubtful to compete due to injury) and Otto Black were pulled back in to repechage in Greco.

Set your alarms or follow along live on our Team USA tracker.