This Week In The BIG EAST – Ep. 4.8
#TWITBE Episode 8, features Jesse Govan, Jeff Goodman, Tarik Turner
NEW YORK – The eighth episode of the fourth season of
This Week In The BIG EAST Radio Show, distributed by Westwood One, dropped Thursday night. This week’s featured guests included: Georgetown junior center Jesse Govan, ESPN College Basketball Analyst Jeff Goodman and FOX Sports College Basketball Analyst Tarik Turner.
The 2017-18 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. Starting this week, the show will also air on two
Sirius XM stations as ESPNU radio has been added in addition to the Sports PXP station. The show will run on Saturday at 6 a.m. ET on ESPNU Radio (Sirius XM Channel 84). Additionally, the show will run on Sirius Sports PXP on Saturday at 11 a.m. (Sirius 108/XM 201 and App Channel 961).
The hosts for This Week In The BIG EAST (#TWITBE) are John Rooke, a longtime BIG EAST play-by-play voice for 30 years, and Kevin McNamara, who has covered the BIG EAST for 28 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 BIG EAST Spotlight this week shines on Govan, who discusses Georgetown’s non-conference schedule and how it helped them prepare for being a threat in conference games so far this season. The BIG EAST Focus features Goodman who discusses where the BIG EAST fits in the national landscape and what teams from the league still have work left to get in the NCAA field of 68. Turner gives the national perspective from the point of view of a former St. John’s player. Turner talks about the resurgence of his alma mater, the Red Storm.
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 matchups.
Distributed by Westwood One, This Week In The BIG EAST can be heard 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. Archives can be found on the podcasting sites as well as on BIGEAST.com and
Westwoodonesports.com.
This Week In The BIG EAST is currently the top-ranked show for “NCAA Basketball” on Apple iTunes.
To join the conversation and send questions to Rooke (@JRbroadcaster) and McNamara (@KevinMcNamara33), use #TWITBE on Twitter. Fans may submit questions to be featured on the show.