Hoosier Roundtable Podcast: Tournament Talk; Big Ten Awards

On the latest episode of the Hoosier Roundtable Podcast, Jack Ankony, Todd Golden and Brandon Brown preview the Big Ten Tournament, give their thoughts on Indiana's NCAA Tournament chances and hand out Big Ten awards.

Indiana's Luke Goode (10) and Trey Galloway (32) talk with coach Mike Woodson against Purdue at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. | Rich Janzaruk/Herald-Times / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – It's the most wonderful time of the year for college basketball, as conference tournaments have begun and the NCAA Tournament bracket gets announced Sunday. Indiana begins Big Ten Tournament play at noon ET Thursday against Oregon, a critical matchup for the Hoosiers' NCAA Tournament chances.

On Wednesday's episode of the Hoosier Roundtable podcast, Jack Ankony, Todd Golden and Brandon Brown of Hoosiers On SI discuss Indiana's win over Ohio State and preview the Big Ten Tournament. They also gave thoughts on how the Hoosiers match up against the Ducks in the season's second matchup and what Thursday's game means for Indiana hopes of playing in the big dance.

They end the episode by giving out Big Ten awards, such as first-team honors, player of the year, coach of the year, most surprising team, most disappointing team and more. Watch the full episode below.

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