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2016 Big East Tournament Announcer Pairings Revealed

Fox Sports released the announcer pairings for the 2016 Big East Tournament on Thursday. As was the case last season, Gus Johnson and Bill Raftery will handle the Wednesday and Thursday night games. Raftery will then head off to the Big Ten Tournament and Jim Jackson will replace him with Johnson for the semifinals on Friday night and the finals on Saturday. Justin Kutcher and Jackson will call the Thursday afternoon games. The finals are being played at 5:30pm ET this season and will be on FOX. All other games will air on Fox Sports 1. Molly McGrath will also be roaming the sidelines for each game. Rob Stone, Steve Lavin and Donny Marshall will be in attendance at MSG for pre-game, halftime and post-game analysis.

Here are the announcer pairings for all 9 Big East Tournament games:

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2015 Big East Tournament Announcer Pairings Revealed

Fox Sports has released the announcer pairings for the 2015 Big East Tournament. You’ll notice that Bill Raftery is not calling the semifinals or finals with Gus Johnson. The reason for that is that Raft will be calling the Big Ten Tournament in Chicago. There will also be a studio show hosted by Rob Stone that will air all week long from Madison Square Garden. Joining Stone in the studio will be analysts Kevin O’Neill, Donny Marshall and Tarik Turner. All Big East Tournament games will air on Fox Sports 1 and streamed on Fox Sports GO.

Here are the announcer pairings for all 9 Big East Tournament games:

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Fox Sports 1 To Air Weekly Sunday Show INSIDE THE BIG EAST

Fox Sports 1 announced on Wednesday that the network will air a weekly half-hour show called INSIDE THE BIG EAST beginning on Sunday, January 4th at 4pm ET. The show will run for 10 consecutive weeks which will take us to the final Sunday of the regular season on March 8th with the Big East Tournament set to begin on March 11th at Madison Square Garden.

The hosts will rotate from the Los Angeles studios between Rob Stone, Kevin Burkhardt and Don Bell with a rotating panel of analysts, including Providence alumnus Austin Croshere. Other members of the rotating panel will be former Pittsburgh and UCLA head coach Ben Howland, former UConn standout Donny Marshall, and former USC head coach Kevin O’Neill. Bill Raftery will provide commentary, according to the press release.

The release details what fans can expect from the show:

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