TWITBE: Shaka Smart, Tyler Kolek and Vin Parise

03/09/2023

It’s a Marquette-heavy finale of This Week in the Big East as John and Kevin are joined by the Big East Coach of the Year, Shaka Smart (8:00), and the Big East Player of the Year, Tyler Kolek (23:35). Fox Sports and St. John’s analyst Vin Parise also lends his perspective (32:35).

The hosts for This Week In The BIG EAST are John Rooke, a well-known BIG EAST play-by-play voice for 35 years, and Kevin McNamara, who has covered the BIG EAST for 33 seasons as a reporter at the Providence Journal and now as a talk show host at WPRO Radio. In each episode, Rooke and McNamara give a comprehensive look at the teams, coaches, players and storied tradition of the top basketball conference in America.

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