The Igloo

It's been a wild past couple of days in the Big East as several players from across the conference entered the transfer portal, including Georgetown's rising star at center, Qudus Wahab. On top of that, Marquette finally found their new head basketball coach as they lured Wisconsin native Shaka Smart from Texas to take over a program that hasn't won an NCAA tournament game since 2013. I'll also pr...

In the wake of Marquette firing head coach Steve Wojciechowski, Alan Bykowski joins me to discuss how this happened, as well as what Wojo's legacy at Marquette will be and who the lead candidates currently are to replace him. Also, I'll recap Villanova and Creighton's recent second round victories in the March Madness bubble in Indy.

The first round of March Madness yielded its usual surprises and the Big East managed to go 2-2 in the first round. I'll recap those games and other major headlines from the first few days of tournament action, get you ready for the second round tomorrow and Monday, and discuss the latest news off the court as both Steve Wojciechowski and Dave Leitao have been fired.

After COVID robbed us of an NCAA tournament last year, March Madness is back this year. Joining me to discuss this year's participants from the Big East in this year's field as well as the entire bracket are Patrick Madden from the Big Big East Blog and Sean Paul from Making the Madness. 

Georgetown completed their improbable run to the Big East championship on Saturday in dominant fashion against Creighton at The Garden, winning by a final of 73-48. I'll provide my thoughts on this beatdown and also look ahead briefly to the NCAA Tournament starting later this week in Indy!

When the season began back in November, we all kind of expected Creighton to be in this year's Big East championship game, right? The same couldn't be said about Georgetown, who was picked to finish dead last in the preseason poll and were the #8 seed in this tournament. Tonight, these two teams will clash for the Big East title. For Creighton, they're gunning for their Big East title in school hi...

It was a wild Quarterfinal Thursday at the Big East Tournament at Madison Square Garden as top-seeded Villanova was upset by Georgetown, Seton Hall squeaked out an overtime win over St. John's, and both Creighton and UConn rolled to blowout wins over Butler and DePaul respectively. I'll have my thoughts on these games, as well as bonus coverage from yesterday's postgame press conferences. I'll als...

Wednesday's first round was chalked full of upsets as Georgetown, Butler, and DePaul all advanced. I've got my analysis on those games as well as bonus coverage from the postgame press conferences. I'll also get you ready for today's quarterfinals and make my predictions for it too.

Ahead of today's opening round tripleheader, I'll share my thoughts on this year's Big East Player, Freshman, and Coach of the Year recipients and some key matchups to keep an eye out for today.

With the Big East Tournament starting tomorrow and the league's individual honors also being announced tomorrow, Steve Hiegel joins the show to provide some insight on who and what to watch for in the tournament and make predictions for this year's Big East individual award winners! Also featured are my full predictions for the entire Big East Tournament.

On Day 2 of the March Marathon, Creighton alum Jahenns Manigat, host of "The Jay" podcast, joins me to discuss his Creighton career, share some amazing stories, and joke around about things like WWE and Chappelle's Show! I also have my thoughts on the All-Big East teams that were announced yesterday and I'll look into my crystal ball to predict who will win Big East Player, Freshman, and Coach of...

To kick off the March Marathon on The Igloo this year, Butler alum Sean McDermott goes one-on-one with me to discuss what life is like inside the G League bubble in Orlando, what he remembers from the unfortunate end to last season, and more! I'll also recap all of yesterday's regular season finales and update you on what this year's BET bracket will look like.

The good news: Villanova clinched yet another regular season title. The bad news: their senior leader and floor general, Collin Gillespie, might be done for the season with a knee injury. I'll break that down, along with the other headlines from around the league this week, on this new episode of The Igloo.

On this episode of The Igloo, Marquette alum and TBT champ Derrick Wilson joins me to discuss his Marquette career, winning TBT with Golden Eagles last summer, and more!

Coming off the heels of Marquette's huge non-conference win this week over North Carolina, former Marquette guard Duane Wilson steps inside The Igloo to talk about his career at Marquette and more! Also, I've got my complete analysis on what was an interesting week around the league and predictions for the final Big East games in the month of February.

St. John's hit a major bump in the road on Saturday when they lost at home to last-place DePaul. Joining me to discuss that game is Tarik Turner, who was on color commentary for FS1 that night. We discussed that and a whole lot more, including the Big East's bubble situation. I'll also recap the rest of last weekend's game and get you ready for Tuesday and Wednesday's action around the league.

On this extra weekend edition of The Igloo, Creighton great and two-time All-Big East first team honoree Marcus Foster joins the show to discuss his journey from Kansas State to Creighton, the differences between the Big XII and the Big East, and what lessons he learned from the Big East. Also featured are my predictions for this weekend's games, which will be headlined by UConn visiting Villanova...

With Creighton on a long hiatus until the 24th, Matt DeMarinis comes back to The Igloo to evaluate how Creighton has been doing up to this point and how high their ceiling can be as they head down the homestretch of the regular season. I also break down the week that was in the Big East, which featured the long-awaited return of James Bouknight and St. John's finally beating Xavier for the first t...

We are officially halfway through February and only one month away from Selection Sunday, so March is right around the corner as crazy as it sounds! On this episode, I recap this past weekend in the Big East as UConn took down Xavier without James Bouknight and Creighton put on an offensive clinic in a signature win over Villanova. Also, I'll set the table for the slate of games coming up this wee...

With just over a month until Selection Sunday, joining me to talk some more bracketology is MTM's Jonathon Warriner. I also have my full analysis on the week that was in the Big East and predictions for what should be an exciting weekend slate, headlined by #5 Villanova at #19 Creighton.

It's been exactly five years since Seton Hall's improbable run to the Big East title and joining me to provide some perspective and share some simply amazing stories on that season is Clayton Collier, who was WSOU's sports director at the time and is now working in Memphis as a TV sports anchor. I've also got my analysis on all of this past weekend's action from around the league and predictions f...

It's finally here, episode #100 of The Igloo! On this jam-packed and star-studded episode, I start out with some of my closest friends from college to celebrate this momentous occasion, as well as my 25th birthday. And to make this 100th episode even bigger, I've two huge guests joining me as FOX college hoops play-by-play broadcaster Brian Custer and ESPN bracketologist Joe Lunardi will step insi...

It was another wild weekend in the Big East as Georgetown returned to the court for the first time in three and a half weeks and shocked Providence at home, Villanova remained unbeaten with an emphatic win at Seton Hall, and St. John's kept their hot streak going with a big-time road win over Marquette in Milwaukee. I have my complete analysis on the weekend that was, as well as my predictions for...

DePaul basketball has a huge weekend ahead of them at home as the men's team hosts #17 Creighton on Saturday while the women's team, ranked seventeenth in the country, will make history on Sunday when they play in the first women's basketball game ever to be televised on FOX against the third-ranked UConn Huskies. Joining me to talk about that and more in the world of DePaul basketball is none oth...

Seton Hall has a big week ahead as they host the top two teams in the Big East standings as they'll face #17 Creighton on Wednesday, followed by #3 Villanova on Saturday. Joining me to preview SHU's big week and making his second appearance in The Igloo is Dave Popkin as we discussed how he and Gary Cohen have been remotely broadcasting the team's road games, those two huge games, and what The Hal...