#PackMentality Pop-Ins Podcast

The calendar has turned to March and the NCAA Wrestling season has turned to the postseason. On episode #148 of the #PackMentality Pop-Ins Podcast co-host Brian Reinhardt is joined by R-Jr. Jackson Arrington as the duo talks about this weekend's 2026 ACC Championship taking place at Virginia Tech. Unfortunately Arrington will not be on the mat for the Wolfpack, as he has been out this year due to shoulder surgery. But the Pack's 157-pounder offers a unique perspective on the ACCs from a student-athlete point of view and talks about the Pack's 10 entrants from how he sees them in the practice room.

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Top-10 battle in Raleigh this weekend, as #8 NC State will host #7 Virginia Tech Friday night inside a PACKed Reynolds Coliseum crowd.

On episode #147 of the #PackMentality Pop-Ins Podcast, head coach Pat Popolizio breaks down some of the matches for this highly anticipated dual. Co-host Brian Reinhardt is then joined by freshman Will Denny, who has made his way into the top-10 at 165 pounds in his rookie campaign.

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ACC Duals begin Friday night as the NC State Wolfpack host Virginia inside Reynolds Coliseum. On episode #146 of the #PackMentality Pop-Ins Podcast, co-host Brian Reinhardt and head coach Pat Popolizio give a midseason report on the program.

While the Pack recently added an NCAA Qualifier to its lineup as a midseason transfer, NC State also suffered a season-ending injury to one of its middle weights. There is still a battle at 133 pounds, and some youngsters have taken a big leap this year in the national rankings.

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On episode #145 of the #PackMentality Pop-Ins Podcast, co-host Brian Reinhardt visits with the newest member of the Wolfpack squad, transfer Patrick Brophy Brophy just joined the Pack after the first semester and will see action at 197 pounds this year.

The duo talk about Brophy only starting to take up wrestling in high school, to his time at The Citadel to deciding to transfer to NC State and move to Raleigh.

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The 2025-26 NC State Wrestling season is swiftly moving along as we head into second semester action. Co-host Brian Reinhardt and Wolfpack head coach Pat Popolizio go over some News & Notes from the early action and focus on the upcoming weekend slate on episode #144 of the #PackMentality Pop-Ins Podcast.

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On episode #143 of the #PackMentality Pop-Ins Podcast, co-host Brian Reinhardt visits with old/new member of the Wolfpack squad, 184-pounder Don Cates. The Durham, N.C., product, Cates originally joined the Pack in the shortened COVID season of 2020-21. After competing for three seasons, he decided to step away from the sport altogether and was working full-time. But with a need at the upperweights for NC State this year, he has returned to the program. Outside of wrestling, Cates has started his own clothing line and talks about his goals for it.

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The 2025-26 NC State Wrestling season is in full swing, as the Wolfpack heads to Tulsa this weekend to compete at the National Duals. First-time podcast guest, R-So. Koy Buesgens, joins us on episode #142 of the #PackMentality Pop-Ins Podcast to talk about his experiences with the Pack. Born in Tennessee and then moving to Minnesota, Buesgens has adapted to life in Raleigh.

The computer science major talks all about that interesting academic program, and also talks about his improvements on the mat leading into his second season in the lineup at 149 pounds.

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NC State opens its dual season with Northern Colorado on Saturday at 6 PM inside Reynolds Coliseum. Co-host Brian Reinhardt and Wolfpack head coach Pat Popolizio go weight-by-weight for a season preview for the 2025-26 NC State squad on episode #141 of the #PackMentality Pop-Ins Podcast.

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With the 2025-26 NC State Wrestling season right around the corner, we visit with 2025 All-American Isaac Trumble on episode #140 of the #PackMentality Pop-Ins Podcast. The Nebraska native covers: marriage (including a kid on the way), injury, military life after college, and the excitement surrounding the Wolfpack program entering a new season.

In his first season up at heavyweight last year, Trumble placed fourth at the NCAAs and brought home All-American honors for the first time in his career. But, he endured a major knee injury late in the season, which he rehabbed over the summer, and is now gearing up for one final run in the Pack's Red & White singlet.

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The season premier episode of Season #9 of the #PackMentality Pop-Ins Podcast was a banger! 2025 World Champion Trent Hidlay sits down to relive some of his favorite memories of winning GOLD at 92 kg at the Senior World Championship. The fun doesn't stop there, as a surprise guest (even to Trent), older brother Hayden Hidlay joins to talk about his perspective of being in the stands for the momentous occasion in Croatia.

Note: Host Brian had some technical difficulties. 

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