NEW YORK – The eighth episode of This Week In The BIG EAST Radio Show, distributed by Westwood One, launched on Feb. 17 with this week's guests: Seton Hall head coach Kevin Willard, Marquette center Luke Fischer and FOX Sports bracketology guru Stewart Mandel.
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.
It is home stretch for BIG EAST tournament seeding and the BIG EAST Spotlight shines on the head coach of the reigning BIG EAST Tournament champions, Seton Hall. Willard gives his outlook on what must improve for the Pirates, who are in the middle of the standings, in order to make a run in March. The BIG EAST focus zooms in on Fischer, a senior transfer from Indiana who averages 12.0 points and 6.0 rebounds per game this season for the Golden Eagles. He talks about Marquette’s earlier upset of top-ranked Villanova last month. With March Madness starting to become top of mind, the national perspective comes from Mandel who breaks down the potential field of 68. With three weekends remaining of conference play before Selection Sunday, how many BIG EAST teams are in contention for an NCAA tournament berth?
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. Listeners are encouraged to rate and review the show.
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.
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