The Igloo

Butler has their new head coaches in both men's and women's hoops and returning to The Igloo to share his thoughts on those recent hires is Butler Collegian sports editor Henry Bredemeier!

As mentioned in the episode title, I'll recap the WNIT and NCAA championship games, as well as Villanova's Final Four loss at Caesars Superdome to Kansas.

One Big East team has already won a championship, another will play for one today, and another earned the right to play for one tomorrow! I'll recap all of that and preview today's WNIT championship game, Villanova/Kansas in the Final Four, and UConn/South Carolina in tomorrow's national title game!

UConn is appearing in its 14th straight Women's Final Four this weekend and joining me to preview that and their path to a potential 12th national title is Stratton Stave, who is the team's beat writer for UConn's student newspaper, The Daily Campus. I'll also preview tonight's Men's NIT championship game between Xavier and Texas A&M, as well as a huge WNIT semifinal game for Seton Hall on the roa...

The Final Four tips off on Saturday with the opening game featuring Villanova and Kansas. Joining me for a Villanova Final Four preview is none other than Chris Bellotti from The Full 40 Podcast! I'll also cover Xavier's win over St. Bonaventure in the NIT Semifinals at MSG and some huge news coming out of South Orange as the search for Seton Hall's next head coach has officially concluded with th...

A pair of Big East teams clinched their places in the Final Four of their postseason tournaments as UConn defeated NC State to advance to their 14th consecutive NCAA Final Four while Seton Hall beat Columbia on the road to the WNIT Final Four. My analysis of these games and a preview of tonight's NIT semifinal matchup at Madison Square Garden between Xavier and St. Bonaventure are on this all-new...

The clock struck midnight on Creighton's Cinderella Elite 8 run last night down in Greensboro, but two other Big East teams look to keep their seasons alive tonight as UConn faces off with NC State while Seton Hall will visit Columbia with a spot in the WNIT Final Four up for grabs. I'll recap last night and preview both of these games here on The Igloo!

Creighton will try to make history tonight as they look to become the first double-digit seed in the history of the NCAA Women's Tournament to make it to the Final Four against No. 1 overall seed South Carolina. I'll preview that Elite 8 showdown, plus recap Villanova MBB's victory over Houston in the Elite 8 and UConn WBB's Sweet 16 victory over Indiana!

Providence's storybook season came to a disappointing end against Kansas on the men's side last night, but Creighton WBB continued their Cinderella run with a win over Iowa State to become only the fourth double-digit seed to reach the Elite Eight. My analysis of those games, as well as my preview of UConn/Indiana in the Sweet 16 in Bridgeport on the women's side and an Elite Eight showdown betwee...

Villanova is heading to the Elite 8 in the NCAA Men's Tournament while Seton Hall advanced to the Elite 8 of the WNIT last night. I'll recap both of those games, as well as Marquette's season-ending loss against Toledo, to open the show. Then, I'll get you ready for Providence/Kansas (MBB) and Creighton/Iowa State (WBB) in Sweet 16 action tonight!

Sweet 16 action officially tips off in the NCAA Men's Tournament and I'll preview Villanova's matchup with Michigan in San Antonio, as well as a pair of WNIT Sweet 16 games involving Big East teams as Marquette takes on Toledo while Seton Hall will play host to Drexel!

With Providence MBB in their first Sweet 16 in a quarter-century, BluffCityFriar joins me in The Igloo to discuss their storybook season and how he thinks it can continue beyond Friday night in Chicago!

After missing the NCAA Tournament for the fourth year in a row, Xavier fans got some exciting news as Sean Miller will be returning as their head coach. Joining me to discuss this big news are the guys from the Roll Blob Podcast, "Captain X" Jason Meyer and Andy Piccirillo! I'll also recap all four games from Monday on the women's side (two March Madness games, two WNIT games) and preview Vanderbi...

Sunday was a huge day for Big East women's basketball as a team not named UConn punched their ticket to the Sweet 16 as #10 seed Creighton upset Caitlin Clark and #2 seed Iowa at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. I'll recap that, as well as Villanova MBB clinching their second consecutive Sweet 16 appearance with a win over Ohio State, Kevin Willard officially leaving Seton Hall to become the new head coach a...

The Big East had themselves quite the Saturday on and off the court as their women's teams went 2-0 in March Madness action while Providence MBB beat Richmond for their first Sweet 16 appearance in 25 years. Meanwhile off the court, Xavier has their new head coach and it's an awfully familiar face in the Queen City. I'll discuss that all, plus preview today's games, including Xavier in NIT action,...

We had a mixed bag of results from the Big East in both tournaments as Creighton WBB upset Colorado while over on the men's side, Villanova took care of business against Delaware while Seton Hall got absolutely manhandled by TCU in what might be the final game of the Kevin Willard era. I will discuss all of that and look ahead to second round action beginning on the men's side, as well as two more...

St. Patrick's Day was a wild day for March Madness as there were multiple games that went to OT and some monumental upsets as well. I'll discuss how Big East teams fared, as well as Seton Hall's win over Fairleigh Dickinson at home in their WNIT opening round matchup. Then, I'll preview today's games involving Big East teams, including Creighton WBB taking on Colorado in first round action.

The madness of March officially kicks into gear today at 12:15 with 16 games, four of which involving Big East teams. I'll preview all four, as well as recap Marquette's win over Ball State in its WNIT opener and DePaul getting blown out by Dayton in First Four action, and don't forget a preview of more WNIT action as Seton Hall hosts in-state rival Fairleigh Dickinson!

He's back! Russ Steinberg joins me once again for some more March Madness talk, now about the Big East teams in this year's men's tournament. Also, I'll discuss the shocking news out of Xavier less than 24 hours after their first round NIT win over Cleveland State and preview Marquette's WNIT opener against Ball State and DePaul's First Four matchup with Dayton at Hilton Coliseum!

Although March Madness tips off on the men's side in Dayton today, no Big East team is in action until Thursday. On the women's side, DePaul will be in action tomorrow to participate in one of the first-ever First Four games and joining me to talk about that and the other three Big East teams playing in this year's tournament is none other than Russ Steinberg!

There won't be any games tonight, but that'll change tomorrow when March Madness tips off, as well as the NIT. I'll update you on which Big East teams will be competing in the NIT, as well as the WNIT. Then, I'll share my entire bracket for the 2022 NCAA Men's Tournament.

The Igloo's 200th Episode has finally arrived and it couldn't have come at a better time! I'll recap Saturday's Big East MBB Championship Game at MSG and recap Selection Sunday on both the men's and women's sides!

The first Big East conference game of the 2021-22 season was between Villanova and Creighton. Tonight, these two teams will duke it out at The Garden for the Big East championship. I'll discuss how those two teams reached the title game with my full recap of Semifinal Friday, complete with soundbites from players and coaches from each of the four semifinalists.

It's been a long past couple of days and I apologize that this episode is going live when semifinal action is already well underway, but here's my recap of yesterday's quarterfinal games and my preview of tonight's semifinals with final score predictions!

As expected, it was an action-packed opening night of the Big East Tournament at Madison Square Garden. I'll recap all three games from last night and get you ready for arguably the biggest day of the Big East calendar: Quarterfinal Thursday!