The Igloo

This past weekend in the world of Big East women's hoops went well as UConn opened the season with an emphatic win over Arkansas while most other schools faced local rivals with varying outcomes. I'll break that all down and more on this new episode of The Igloo!

The Gavitt Tipoff Games are back after taking the 2020-21 season off! Joining me to preview this year's eight-game slate are Pat Madden from the Big Big East Blog and David Klein from SpartanHoops.com! I also recap last weekend's action from around the Big East, including Georgetown getting knocked off by Dartmouth and a Hollywood OT thriller between Villanova and UCLA!

Shifting gears to the men's side of Big East basketball, I got recaps of all the action across the league from Tuesday through Thursday. Then, Emma Houghton from the State of the Nova Nation podcast joins me for an in-depth preview of a top-5 matchup in Westwood between fourth-ranked Villanova and second-ranked UCLA.

On this new episode of The Igloo, I recap the season-opening slate from Tuesday and Wednesday from the world of Big East women's basketball as 10 of 11 teams tipped off their 2021-22 campaigns. Also on this episode is an in-depth interview with recent Creighton graduate Mitch Ballock as we discussed his collegiate career in Omaha, playing in the last college basketball game of the 2019-20 season before COVID-19 abruptly ended it, playing in the unprecedented "COVID" season last year, what that year's NCAA tournament bubble was like in Indy, life in the G League with the Cleveland Charge, and more!

College basketball is officially back tomorrow! I've got full previews of action taking place tomorrow through Thursday in the Big East for both men's and women's and for my Ice Breaker for this episode, I discuss an unfortunate situation that happened in Providence involving guard Jared Bynum.

The women's hoops portion of the 2021 Big East Media Day Special from MSG is here! Hear from players and coaches from Villanova, Xavier, Creighton, Georgetown, Seton Hall, St. John's, and DePaul! Thank you again to all of them, along with every player and coach that I interviewed on the men's side as well, for their time. And thanks to all of you for tuning in as well.

2021 Big East Media Day special, featuring sound bites from 10 of the 11 Big East programs emanating from none other than "The World's Most Famous Arena", Madison Square Garden!

With just under a week until Big East Media Day, I've got my 2021-22 season predictions on both the men's and women's sides, complete with power rankings and my picks for Player of the Year and the All-Big East first teams. Before all that though, I've got an interview with Bryan Caver, who played point guard for Seton Hall during their prime in the early 90s as part of two Big East championship teams.

At long last, we've finally reached the Season 2 finale of The Igloo. Joining me for a little Big East year-in-review is the legend himself, John Fanta. We discussed how the conference navigated the most challenging season in the history of college basketball and collegiate athletics as a whole, success on Draft Day, and a banner weekend with commissioner Val Ackerman and Villanova head coach Jay Wright being inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame.