#TWITBE Ep. 8.5 - Guests Ed Cooley, Jon Rothstein and Tony Stubblefield

NEW YORK – This Week In The BIG EAST Radio Show,
distributed by Westwood One is in its eighth season as the
official podcast of BIG EAST basketball. The fifth episode of the
season welcomes Providence head coach Ed Cooley, DePaul head
coach Tony Stubblefield and basketball analyst Jon Rothstein.


TWITBE welcomes Providence head coach Ed Cooley in the BIG EAST
Spotlight, fresh off an 86-82 road victory over St. John’s on
Tuesday. Despite being picked seventh in the preseason coaches’
poll, the Friars are off to their best overall start since the
1972-73 season with a 19-2 mark. In league play, Providence sits
at the top the standings with a 9-1 record. Cooley takes the time
to talk about how his team has continued to mature over the
course of the season and how they have learned to finish close
games both at home and on the road.


The BIG EAST Focus shines on DePaul head coach Tony Stubblefield.
Working through his first BIG EAST season as a head coach, the
former Cincinnati and Oregon assistant understands that there are
no excuses to be given during league play and how the team is
working through the ups and downs of the 2021-22 season.


CBS Sports Network basketball analyst Jon Rothstein gives a view
on the national perspective. As the college basketball season
heats up heading into the month of February, he discusses how
media outlets and coaches are preparing for postseason action,
while keeping their focus on the regular season. Rothstein gives
some insight on the college basketball season and what to expect
moving forward.


The episode’s “Who’s Hot” segment features the return of “Blast
from the Past” reliving the greatest moments of 40 years at
Madison Square Garden. This week, return to the 1984 BIG EAST
Tournament where Georgetown and Patrick Ewing rallied back to
beat Syracuse in overtime, 82-71.


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.


To join the conversation and send questions to Rooke
(@JRbroadcaster) and McNamara (@KevinMcNamara33), use #TWITBE on
Twitter. Fans may submit questions to be featured on the
show. 


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The show will air on Saturday, Feb. 5 at 11 a.m. ET on Sirius
137, XM 201 and Online 964, leading into the UConn broadcast of
UConn @ Villanova.