This Week In The BIG EAST - Episode 7
NEW YORK – The seventh episode of This Week In The BIG EAST Radio Show, distributed by Westwood One, launched on Feb. 10 with this week's guests: BIG EAST Supervisor of Officials John Cahill, the Philadelphia Inquirer’s Villanova beat writer Joe Juliano and former Providence sharp shooter and current Friars radio analyst Joe Hassett.
The 2016-17 season of This Week In The BIG EAST is available for download on iTunes, Google Play and Stitcher in addition to its Westwood One Distribution. This week’s episode will also air on Sirius Radio on Saturday morning at 11 a.m. on Sirius 108/XM 201/App Channel 961.
The hosts for This Week In The BIG EAST (#TWITBE) are John Rooke, a well-known BIG EAST play-by-play voice for 29 years and Kevin McNamara, who has covered the BIG EAST for 27 seasons at the
Providence Journal and is a columnist for
Basketball Times. Rooke and McNamara give a comprehensive look at the teams, coaches, players and storied tradition of the top basketball conference in America in each episode.
The episode’s “Who’s Hot” segment features audio clips from some recent big performances around the league and a recap of the league’s weekly honors. “Who’s got next?” takes a look at the upcoming schedule, highlighting the big match-ups.
Three weeks away from the final day of the regular season, the BIG EAST Spotlight shines on Cahill who discusses officiating with Rooke and McNamara. The NCAA has launched several new initiatives promoting freedom of movement for both guards and big men alike. Cahill also discusses the new officiating alliance between the BIG EAST and the ACC. The BIG EAST focus takes a media spin as Juliano discusses Villanova’s 2-0 week and previews the Wildcats’ road game at Xavier on Saturday. The national perspective comes from Hassett who provides his commentary on the middle of the conference standings and which teams have the best chances at the Big Dance come March.
Distributed by Westwood One, This Week In The BIG EAST can be heard markets across the country. In addition to stations in the BIG EAST institution markets, TWITBE is picked up by Sirius Radio and is currently available for download on
Stitcher. This Week In The BIG EAST is downloadable on
iTunes and
Google Play.
To join the conversation and send questions to Rooke and McNamara, use #TWITBE on Twitter. Fans may submit questions to be featured on the show.
BIGEAST.com currently features archives of This Week In The BIG EAST on the media center page.