This Week in the BIG EAST - Weekly Overview of NCAA College Basketball's Top Conference
By John Rooke & Kevin McNamara
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Episodes: 89
Jan 20, 2023
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Now in its 10th season, This Week In The BIG EAST, hosted by Kevin McNamara and John Rooke, is the official podcast of BIG EAST basketball. Kevin, radio host, columnist and author, and John, a longtime play-by-play broadcaster, have combined to cover BIG EAST basketball for over 60 years. The show is a comprehensive look at the teams, coaches, players and storied tradition of the top basketball conference in America, welcoming guests from around the league. #TWITBE also brings sounds of the games – past and present – through @BIGEASTmbb game audio highlights from Butler, UConn, Creighton, DePaul, Georgetown, Marquette, Providence, St. John’s, Seton Hall, Villanova and Xavier. Each episode, John (@JRbroadcaster) and Kevin (@KevinMcNamara33) recap the latest news in the BIG EAST and preview what’s to come. Tweet questions to John and Kevin while tagging #TWITBE.
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#TWITBE Ep. 11.9 - Rick Pitino, Val Ackerman, Jerry Walker
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Mar 07, 2025 |
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#TWITBE Ep. 11.8 - Sean Miller, Stevie Mitchell, Zach Braziller
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Feb 28, 2025 |
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#TWITBE Ep. 11.7 - Guests RJ Luis Jr., Steven Ashworth, Mike DeCourcy
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Feb 21, 2025 |
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#TWITBE Ep. 11.6 - Guests Patrick McCaffery, Isaiah Coleman, Tim Welsh
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Feb 14, 2025 |
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#TWITBE Ep. 11.5 - Guests Ed Cooley, Ken Pomeroy, Bill Raftery
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Feb 07, 2025 |
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#TWITBE Ep. 11.4 - Guests Shaka Smart, Eric Dixon, Donny Marshall
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Jan 31, 2025 |
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#TWITBE Ep. 11.3 - Guests Kim English, Thomas Sorber, Rick Cordella
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Jan 24, 2025 |
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#TWITBE Ep. 11.2 - Guests Ryan Conwell, Alex Karaban, Ed Pinckney
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Jan 17, 2025 |
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#TWITBE Ep. 11.1 - Guests Greg McDermott, Kam Jones, Seth Davis
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Jan 13, 2025 |
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#TWITBE Ep. 10.9 - Guests Devin Carter, Greg McDermott and Val Ackerman
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Mar 08, 2024 |
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#TWITBE Ep. 10.8 - Guests Cam Spencer, Ed Cooley and Andy Katz
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Mar 01, 2024 |
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#TWITBE Ep. 10.7 - Guests Quincy Olivari, Kim English and Seth Davis
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Feb 23, 2024 |
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#TWITBE Ep. 10.6 - Guests Eric Dixon, Josh Oduro and Jason Benetti
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Feb 16, 2024 |
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#TWITBE Ep. 10.5 - Guests Tyler Kolek, Daniss Jenkins and Joe Lunardi
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Feb 09, 2024 |
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#TWITBE Ep. 10.4 - Guests Trey Alexander, Thad Matta and Wayne Norman
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Feb 02, 2024 |
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#TWITBE Ep. 10.3 - Guests Jayden Epps, Dan Hurley and Rich Chvotkin
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Jan 26, 2024 |
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#TWITBE Ep. 10.2 - Guests Shaka Smart, Dan Leibovitz and Adam Zagoria
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Jan 19, 2024 |
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#TWITBE Ep. 10.1 - Guests Kadary Richmond, Kyle Neptune and Donny Marshall
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Jan 12, 2024 |
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#TWITBE Ep. 9.10 - Tyler Kolek, Vin Parise and Shaka Smart
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Mar 10, 2023 |
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#TWITBE Ep. 9.9 - Guests Val Ackerman, Ed Cooley and Bill Raftery
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Mar 03, 2023 |
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#TWITBE Ep. 9.8 - Guests Tyler Kolek, Greg McDermott and Steve Lappas
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Feb 24, 2023 |
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#TWITBE Ep. 9.7 - Guests Ryan Kalkbrenner, Stu Jackson and Mike DeCourcy
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Feb 17, 2023 |
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#TWITBE Ep. 9.6 - Guests Souley Boum, Mike Anderson and Andy Katz
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Feb 10, 2023 |
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#TWITBE Ep. 9.5 - Guests Jordan Hawkins, Thad Matta and Jon Rothstein
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Feb 03, 2023 |
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#TWITBE Ep. 9.4 - Guests Tyrese Samuel, Shaka Smart and Dana O’Neil
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Jan 27, 2023 |
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#TWITBE Ep. 9.3 - Guests Joel Soriano, Kyle Neptune and Jason Benetti
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Jan 20, 2023 |
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#TWITBE Ep. 9.2 - Guests Bryce Hopkins, Tony Stubblefield and Jeff Goodman
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Jan 13, 2023 |
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#TWITBE Ep. 9.1 - Guests Baylor Scheierman, Sean Miller and Donny Marshall
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Jan 06, 2023 |
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#TWITBE Ep. 8.10 - Guests Collin Gillespie, Ed Cooley, Greg McDermott
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Mar 11, 2022 |
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#TWITBE Ep. 8.9 - Guests Val Ackerman, Javon Freeman-Liberty and Tim Welsh
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Mar 04, 2022 |
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#TWITBE Ep. 8.8 - Guests Dan Hurley, Jared Rhoden and Mike DeCourcy
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Feb 25, 2022 |
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#TWITBE Ep. 8.7 - Guests Tyler Kolek, Jay Wright and Jeff Goodman
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Feb 18, 2022 |
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#TWITBE Ep. 8.6 - Guests Donny Marshall, Greg McDermott and Nate Watson
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Feb 11, 2022 |
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#TWITBE Ep. 8.5 - Guests Ed Cooley, Jon Rothstein and Tony Stubblefield
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Feb 04, 2022 |
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#TWITBE Ep. 8.4 - Guests Julian Champagnie, Stu Jackson and Andy Katz
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Jan 28, 2022 |
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#TWITBE Ep. 8.3 - Guests Steve Lappas, Justin Moore and Kevin Willard
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Jan 21, 2022 |
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#TWITBE Ep. 8.2 - Guests Ryan Hawkins, Ken Pomeroy and Shaka Smart
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Jan 14, 2022 |
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#TWITBE Ep. 8.1 - Welcome to 2022! Guests: Justin Minaya, Dana O'Neil and Travis Steele
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Jan 07, 2022 |
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#TWITBE Ep. 7.10 - Guests: Mike Anderson, Sandro Mamukelashvili, Jeremiah Robinson-Earl and Rich Chvotkin
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Mar 12, 2021 |
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#TWITBE Ep. 7.9 - Guests: Val Ackerman, Steve Wojciechowski and Dick “Hoops” Weiss
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Mar 05, 2021 |
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#TWITBE Ep. 7.8 - Ed Cooley, Dan Gavitt, Mike DeCourcy
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Feb 26, 2021 |
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#TWITBE Ep. 7.7 - Guests: Jay Wright, Julian Champagnie and Steve Lappas
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Feb 19, 2021 |
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#TWITBE Ep. 7.6 - Guests: Marcus Zegarowski, Mike Anderson and Andy Katz
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Feb 12, 2021 |
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#TWITBE Ep. 7.5 - Guests: Dave Leitao, Tyrese Martin and Zach Braziller
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Feb 05, 2021 |
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#TWITBE Ep. 7.4 - Guests: Patrick Ewing, Sandro Mamukelashvili and Bill Raftery
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Jan 29, 2021 |
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#TWITBE Ep. 7.3 - Guests: LaVall Jordan, D.J. Carton, Dana O’Neil
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Jan 22, 2021 |
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#TWITBE Ep. 7.2 - Guests: Greg McDermott, Zach Freemantle and Rob Dauster
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Jan 15, 2021 |
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#TWITBE Ep. 7.1 - Welcome to 2021! Guests: Dan Hurley, David Duke and Stu Jackson
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Jan 08, 2021 |
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#TWITBE Ep. 6.9 – Guests: Ed Cooley, Val Ackerman, Matt Norlander
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Mar 06, 2020 |
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#TWITBE Ep. 6.8 – Guests: Greg McDermott, Rich Chvotkin, Dana O’Neil
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Feb 28, 2020 |
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#TWITBE Ep. 6.7 – Guests: Patrick Ewing, Stu Jackson, Mike DeCourcy
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Feb 21, 2020 |
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#TWITBE Ep. 6.6 – Guests: Kevin Willard, Lawrence Moten and Steve Lappas
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Feb 15, 2020 |
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#TWITBE Ep. 6.5 – Guests: Steve Wojciechowski, Evan Daniels and Pete Gillen
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Feb 07, 2020 |
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#TWITBE Ep. 6.4 – Guests: Mike Anderson, Mitch Ballock and Bill Raftery
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Jan 31, 2020 |
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#TWITBE Ep. 6.3 – Guests: Travis Steele, Alpha Diallo, Mike Tranghese
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Jan 24, 2020 |
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#TWITBE Ep. 6.2 – Guests: Jay Wright, Sean McDermott, Donny Marshall
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Jan 17, 2020 |
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#TWITBE Ep. 6.1 - A New Decade, Same Success | Guests: Leitao, Howard, Katz
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Jan 10, 2020 |
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#TWITBE Ep. 5.10 – Live From Madison Square Garden
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Mar 16, 2019 |
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#TWITBE Ep. 5.9 – ONE GAME TO GO! Guests: Creighton head coach Greg McDermott, BIG EAST Supervisor of Officials John Cahill, Washington Post reporter Ava Wallace
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Mar 08, 2019 |
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#TWITBE Ep. 5.8 – Guests: BIG EAST Commissioner Val Ackerman, Providence sophomore center Nate Watson, College Basketball Insider Jeff Goodman
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Mar 02, 2019 |
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#TWITBE Ep. 5.7 – Guests: DePaul Head Coach Dave Leitao, CBS Sports Analyst Peter Gillen, FOX Sports Analyst Evan Daniels
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Feb 22, 2019 |
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#TWITBE Ep. 5.6 – Guests: St. John’s head coach Chris Mullin, Butler guard Kamar Baldwin and former Providence Friar Austin Croshere
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Feb 15, 2019 |
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#TWITBE Ep. 5.5 – Guests: Butler head coach LaVall Jordan, St. John’s senior forward Marvin Clark II, Philadelphia Inquirer’s Joe Juliano
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Feb 09, 2019 |
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#TWITBE Ep. 5.4 – Guests: Providence head coach Ed Cooley, DePaul senior forward Max Strus, BIG EAST Senior Associate Commissioner Stu Jackson
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Feb 02, 2019 |
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#TWITBE Ep. 5.3 – Guests: Seton Hall head coach Kevin Willard, Creighton sophomore guard Ty-Shon Alexander and Xavier radio analyst Byron Larkin
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Jan 26, 2019 |
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#TWITBE Ep. 5.2 – Guests: Xavier head coach Travis Steele, Tarik Tuner, St. John’s alum and FOX Sports Analyst and Dan Gavitt, NCAA VP of men’s basketball
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Jan 18, 2019 |
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#TWITBE Ep. 5.1 – Guests: Villanova head coach Jay Wright; Marquette junior guard Markus Howard; national basketball analyst Andy Katz
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Jan 11, 2019 |
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#TWITBE Ep. 4.10 – Featuring Guests: Xavier’s Chris Mack, Villanova’s Jalen Brunson and Philadelphia Inquirer’s Joe Juliano
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Mar 10, 2018 |
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#TWITBE Ep. 4.9 – Featuring Guests: BIG EAST Commissioner Val Ackerman, St. John’s head coach Chris Mullin and Xavier’s all-time scorer and radio analyst Byron Larkin
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Mar 02, 2018 |
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#TWITBE Ep. 4.8 – Featuring Guests: Georgetown center Jessie Govan, ESPN reporter Jeff Goodman and Fox Sports analyst Tarik Turner.
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Feb 23, 2018 |
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#TWITBE Ep. 4.7 – Featuring Guests: Creighton head coach Greg McDermott, St. John’s sophomore guard Justin Simon and FOX Sports College Basketball Analyst Len Elmore
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Feb 16, 2018 |
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#TWITBE Ep. 4.6 – Featuring Guests: Seton Hall Head Coach Kevin Willard, Former Villanova Head Coach Steve Lappas, CBS Sports Network College Basketball Insider Jon Rothstein
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Feb 09, 2018 |
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#TWITBE Ep. 4.5 – Featuring Guests: Providence head coach Ed Cooley, BIG EAST Senior Associate Commissioner Stu Jackson and Seton Hall play-by-play announcer Gary Cohen
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Feb 02, 2018 |
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#TWITBE Ep. 4.4 – Featuring Guests: Villanova junior guard Jalen Brunson, Butler senior forward Kelan Martin, FOX Sports Senior College Basketball Insider and Recruiting Analyst Evan Daniels
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Jan 26, 2018 |
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#TWITBE Ep. 4.3 – Featuring Guests: Marquette head coach Steve Wojciechowski, Former BIG EAST Commissioner Mike Tranghese and FOX Sports College Basketball Analyst Bill Raftery
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Jan 19, 2018 |
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#TWITBE Ep. 4.2 – Guests: DePaul head coach Dave Leitao, Providence sophomore guard Alpha Diallo and FOX Sports Senior College Basketball Coordinating Producer Steve Scheer
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Jan 12, 2018 |
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#TWITBE Ep. 4.1 – Featuring Butler Head coach LaVall Jordan, Creighton guard Marcus Foster and National College Basketball Writer Dana O’Neil
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Jan 05, 2018 |
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TWITBE 11 - Courtside from Madison Square Garden
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Mar 10, 2017 |
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TWITBE 10 – Tournament Countdown! Guests: BIG EAST Commissioner Val Ackerman, St. John’s guard Shamorie Ponds, one of the league’s top freshmen and former Seton Hall Pirates head coach, current college basketball analyst Bill Raftery
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Mar 03, 2017 |
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TWITBE 9- Featuring Creighton head coach Greg McDermott, former Syracuse guard Eric Devendorf and ESPN Analyst and former UConn head coach Jim Calhoun
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Feb 24, 2017 |
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TWITBE 8 -Feautring Bracketolgy Guru Stewart Mandel from FOX Sports, Seton Hall head coach Kevin Willard, and Marquette center Luke Fischer
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Feb 17, 2017 |
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TWITBE 7 - Featuring BIG EAST Supervisor of Officials John Cahill, Villanova beat writer for the Philadelphia Inquirer Joe Juliano and former Providence sharp shooter and current Friars color analyst Joe Hassett.
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Feb 10, 2017 |
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TWITBE 6 - Featuring Villanova head coach Jay Wright; Providence guard Kyron Cartwright; ESPN.com Senior NCAA Basketball Writer and author Dana O’Neil
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Feb 04, 2017 |
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TWITBE 5 - Featuring Butler head coach Chris Holtmann; Villanova guard and National Player of the Year candidate Josh Hart; FOX Sports and Scout.com Insider Evan Daniels
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Jan 27, 2017 |
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TWITBE 4 - Featuing St. John’s head coach Chris Mullin, Butler senior forward Andrew Chrabascz and Blue Star Media’s college basketball writer Dick Weiss
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Jan 20, 2017 |
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TWITBE 3 - Featuing Guests: DePaul head coach Dave Leitao; Creighton guard Maurice Watson Jr. and Whitey Rigsby, the voice of the Villanova Wildcats
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Jan 13, 2017 |
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TWITBE 2 - Xavier head coach Chris Mack, Seton Hall junior guard Khadeen Carrington and long time voice of the Georgetown Hoyas Rich Chvotkin
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Jan 06, 2017 |
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TWITBE 1 - Big East Conference Play Begins - Guests Ed Cooley, Stu Jackson & Tarik Turner
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Dec 30, 2016 |
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This Week in the Big East - Season Preview of the NCAA's Top College Basketball Conference
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Dec 26, 2016 |