NEW YORK – This Week In The BIG EAST Radio Show, distributed by Westwood One, returns for episode eight with Creighton head coach Greg McDermott (@cucoachmac), Georgetown Hoyas radio voice Rich Chvotkin (@HoyasWin) and TheAthletic.com College Basketball writer Dana O’Neil (@DanaONeilWriter).
The 2020 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 preceding the first BIG EAST contest of the day. This week, TWITBE will be carried on Sirius 137, XM 201 and online 964 at 1:30 p.m., leading into Providence at Villanova game at Noon ET.
New this season, the show will also be available on Spotify.
The returning hosts for
This Week In The BIG EAST (#TWITBE) are John Rooke, a longtime BIG EAST play-by-play voice for 32 years, and Kevin McNamara, who has covered the BIG EAST for 30 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 down on McDermott (8:45). McDermott’s Bluejays have been entertaining to watch both defensively and offensively as Creighton is tied for second in the league standings with just over a week left in the regular season. The BIG EAST Focus has Chvotkin (25:03), who gives a historical perspective of the conference from the earliest days of league play in 1979. Chvotkin has been the voice of the Hoyas for 46 years. O’Neil (33:30) has covered NCAA Basketball for more than 25 years at places like ESPN and the Philadelphia Daily News. She’s the author of “Long Shots” a work that reflects on Villanova’s journey to the 2016 national title. O’Neil gives her wide angle view of where the BIG EAST stands on the national college basketball landscape.
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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