This Week In The BIG EAST - Episode 6
#TWITBE Episode 6 features Villanova head coach Jay Wright; Providence junior guard Kyron Cartwright; and ESPN.com Senior NCAA Basketball writer and author Dana O’Neil.
NEW YORK – The sixth episode of This Week In The BIG EAST Radio Show, distributed by Westwood One, launched on Feb. 3 with this week's guests: Villanova head coach Jay Wright; Providence junior guard Kyron Cartwright; and ESPN.com Senior NCAA Basketball writer and author Dana O’Neil.
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 963.
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.
Just over halfway through conference play, the BIG EAST Spotlight shines on Wright as Rooke and McNamara discuss the Wildcats’ excellent first half of conference play and the dramatic 61-59 buzzer beating win against Virginia last weekend. Wright touches on what it has been like taking the floor as the defending National Champions. The BIG EAST focus is on the Friar junior who is averaging 10.7 points and 6.8 assists for Providence. Cartwright explains what it has been like following in the footsteps of Kris Dunn. The national perspective comes from O’Neil, who discusses her newly-released book, “Long Shots: Jay Wright, Villanova, and College Basketball’s Most Unlikely Champion.”
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.