NEW YORK – Guests on the second episode of
This Week In The BIG EAST Radio Show, distributed by Westwood One, include Xavier head coach Travis Steele, FOX Sports College Basketball analyst Tarik Turner and NCAA Vice President of Men’s Basketball Dan Gavitt.
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. 19, the show will air at 3:30 p.m. ET on Sirius 111, XM 201 and Online 964, leading in to the Butler-St. John’s game.
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.
The BIG EAST Spotlight shines this week on Steele, Xavier’s first-year head coach but long-time assistant. Steele coached for 10 years on the Musketeer sideline where he became very familiar with the winning culture at Xavier. Steele is also a Butler alum. Coming into the BIG EAST Focus this week is the recognizable voice of Turner. Turner, a former St. John’s men’s basketball captain and NCAA Tournament competitor, brings knowledge on the league from player, coach and in-studio insight. NCAA Vice President of Men’s Basketball Dan Gavitt brings the national perspective this week as he helps break down the new NCAA Evaluation Tool, or NET, and what it means for teams and fans. Come March, the NET will become very top of mind. With 25 BIG EAST games in the books, John and Kevin will wrap up the week that was in the league and what is coming up.
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.
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