#TWITBE Ep. 7.9 - Guests: Val Ackerman, Steve Wojciechowski and Dick “Hoops” Weiss

This Week In The BIG EAST Radio Show, distributed by Westwood One
is in its seventh year. The ninth episode of the season welcomes
BIG EAST Commissioner Val Ackerman, Marquette Head Coach Steve
Wojciechowski and national college basketball writer Dick “Hoops”
Weiss. 


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The TWITBE BIG EAST Spotlight shines Wojciechowski who discusses
Marquette’s resiliency during the pandemic plagued season. The
Golden Eagles recently defeated North Carolina in Chapel Hill and
look to round into form in time for the BIG EAST Tournament. BIG
EAST Commissioner Val Ackerman is on TWITBE bringing this week’s
focus on the upcoming Conference Tournament. Ackerman talks about
the changes in the sports world over the course of the calendar
year. She discusses how the Conference, along with the member
institutions, put together a season as fairly, as safely and as
equitably as can be done. The national perspective comes from
Blue Star Media College Basketball writer “Hoops” Weiss. 
Weiss discusses Villanova’s conference dominance over the past
decade. He also takes a look at the Wildcats’ roster without
Collin Gillespie, the impact it may have on Villanova’s NCAA
tournament seeding. 


The 2021 season of This Week in the BIG EAST (#TWITBE) is
available for download on Apple podcasts, Google podcasts,
Spotify, iHeart Radio, Overcast, Castro, Castbox and Podfriend 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
133, XM 201, Online 964 at 1:30 p.m. ET, leading into the
Villanova at Providence game at 2:30 p.m. 


In the “Blast from the Past” segment, TWITBE takes a dive into
the 2014 season, reliving March 8 when Creighton’s all-American
Doug McDermott scored a career high 45 points on senior night. He
became just the 8th player to go over the 3,000 point mark in his
career for the Bluejays. “Dougie McBuckets” would go on to win
BIG EAST and National Player of the Year later that season. 


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 reporter, 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 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. 


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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