This Week In The BIG EAST Radio Show, distributed by Westwood One, continued its 11th season with guests St. John's junior guard RJ Luis Jr., Creighton senior guard Steven Ashworth and FOX Sports Bracketologist Mike DeCourcy.
The returning hosts for This Week In The BIG EAST (#TWITBE) are John Rooke, a longtime BIG EAST play-by-play voice, and Kevin McNamara, BIG EAST radio host, columnist and author. 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 seventh episode of TWITBE looks at the landscape of the BIG EAST heading into the final stretch of regular season games. After a 2-0 week, St. John's maintains a 2.5 game lead atop the league, while Creighton and Marquette sit in a tie for second at 11-4, one game ahead of UConn (10-5).
The BIG EAST Spotlight is on St. John's junior guard RJ Luis Jr., discussing the Johnnies' historic pace with six games remaining in the regular season. Luis has been dynamic for the Red Storm in his second season after transferring from UMass, averaging a team-high 17.6 points per game, as well as 7.2 rebounds per game.
The BIG EAST Focus shines on Creighton senior guard Steven Ashworth, who paces the BIG EAST with 7.0 assists per game, while also averaging 17.0 points per game. Alongside his teammate Ryan Kalkbrenner, the dynamic duo look to finish the season strong and help the Bluejays make a push for the top-seed in the BIG EAST Tournament.
Rooke and McNamara are then joined by FOX Sports Bracketologist Mike DeCourcy, who discusses how the BIG EAST stacks up against other conferences and how many teams he predicts will hear their name called on Selection Sunday.
The episode’s “Who’s Hot” segment features the return of “Blast from the Past”, turning back the clock only one year. Last winter, UConn guard Tristen Newton recorded his fourth career triple double as the Huskies topped the Wildcats, 78-54. He finished the game with 10 points, 16 rebounds and 10 assists. Newton carried momentum into the BIG EAST and NCAA Tournaments, garnering Most Outstanding Player of both the BIG EAST Tournament and NCAA Final Four.
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This will air Saturday, Feb. 22 at 3:30 p.m. ET on Sirius 161 XM 201 Online 963 leading into BIG EAST women's basketball coverage of UConn at Butler.
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