Welcome to the first Big Ten Talk Podcast of basketball season.
The Big Ten season is off to an intriguing start despite there not being an overwhelming of standout teams looking capable of challenging for a national championship.
But one of these teams is guaranteed to win at least a league title.
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In this episode of the Big Ten Talk Podcast, CSN's Vinnie Duber and Matt Maniscalco go team by team to decide who's a contender and who's a pretender in the conference-title race.
Plus, they take in-depth looks at where Northwestern and Illinois stand — and which direction each program is heading — at this point in the season.
Take a listen below: