This Week in the Big East: Ed Cooley, Stu Jackson, Donny Marshall and more

03/06/2015

Episode 9 of This Week in the BIG EAST features interviews Providence head coach Ed Cooley, Senior Associate Commissioner of the BIG EAST Stu Jackson and FOX Sports 1 and Westwood One analyst Donny Marshall.

With one day left in the regular season and a week away from the BIG EAST Men’s Basketball Tournament at Madison Square Garden in New York City, Rooke and McNamara give their thoughts on the BIG EAST Player of the Year, Rookie of the Year, Coach of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year and who the coaches will ultimately vote on for the honors. Although Villanova has the regular season title, there is much intrigue in the three-way battle for the No. 2 seed.

For comprehensive coverage of the conference, log on to BigEast.com!

The hosts for This Week In The BIG EAST are John Rooke, a well-known BIG EAST play-by-play voice for 26 years and Kevin McNamara, who has covered the BIG EAST for 24 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.

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