NEW YORK – This Week In The BIG EAST Radio Show, distributed by Westwood One, returned for its fifth season with a timely lineup of guests with Marquette standout guard Markus Howard, Villanova head coach Jay Wright and national college basketball analyst Andy Katz.
The 2018-19 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. The show airs on three
Sirius XM stations on Saturdays. This Saturday, Jan. 12, the show will air at 11 a.m. ET on Sirius 134, XM 210 and Online 968. The time slot kicks off college basketball for the day.
The returning hosts for
This Week In The BIG EAST (#TWITBE) are John Rooke, a longtime BIG EAST play-by-play voice for 31 years, and Kevin McNamara, who has covered the BIG EAST for 29 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.
After a 76-71 win over St. John’s on Tuesday, the BIG EAST Spotlight shines on Villanova’s head coach Jay Wright as the Wildcats improve to 3-0 in league play after a difficult non-conference schedule. Wright and the Wildcats were picked to win the regular season league title after winning their second National Championship title in three years. The BIG EAST Focus sharpens on Marquette’s leading scorer Markus Howard who broke the BIG EAST single-game scoring record with 53 points in a 106-104 OT victory at Creighton on Wednesday. Katz brings the national perspective as an analyst for both NCAA.com and FOX Sports. Katz talks about balance in the league this season and what teams have the potential to dethrone defending national champs Villanova.
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
iTunes,
Google Play and Stitcher. 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.
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. Please rate and review to keep #TWITBE top of the charts on iTunes.