NEW YORK – Guests on the penultimate episode of
This Week In The BIG EAST Radio Show, distributed by Westwood One, include Creighton head coach Greg McDermott, BIG EAST Supervisor of Officials John Cahill and Washington Post college basketball beat writer Ava Wallace.
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.
There is only one Saturday left in the BIG EAST men’s basketball regular season and no seeds set for the upcoming 2019 BIG EAST Men’s Basketball Tournament presented by Jeep. There are 32 potential ways the bracket can fall.
This Saturday, March 9, the show will air at 11 a.m. ET on Sirius 119, XM 201 and Online 964, leading into the Villanova – Seton Hall game at noon.
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.
There is only one day left of competition, five games to go until the end of the 2018-19 #BIGEASThoops regular season. No seeds are set for the upcoming BIG EAST Tournament. As many as seven teams can be considered for NCAA Tournament consideration depending on how the next week pans out.
Guest interviews with John and Kevin this week start with Creighton head coach Greg McDermott. In the BIG EAST Spotlight (9:09), McDermott talks about his Bluejay team’s chances and the catalyst behind a late-season push. Creighton is one of five teams tied for third place in the league standings and enter Saturday on a four-game winning streak.
In the BIG EAST Focus is BIG EAST Supervisor of Officials John Cahill (23:18). With a tight battle within the league this season every whistle matters, especially at this time of the year. Cahill spent 40 years running the whistles on the floor, including Final Fours and NCAA Championship games, feeling the “love’ of fans from all sides. Now he watches every BIG EAST game from all angles grading and analyzing the calls and non-calls. He joins John and Kevin to discuss his experiences.
Washington Post reporter Ava Wallace (33:02) brings the National Perspective as a college basketball reporter. Wallace’s main subject is Georgetown, a team that finds itself in the postseason mix in head coach Patrick Ewing’s second season at the helm. Georgetown’s final game at Marquette will air on Westwood One Sports with John Sadak and Austin Croshere at 2:15 p.m.
John and Kevin wrap with “Who’s Go Next” looking ahead to the notable games coming up on the final Saturday. Will Villanova clinch another regular season title? What are the possibilities for seeding for a tournament that starts in five days.
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.
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
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