At halftime of the Thursday Showcase game between No. 6 Tennessee and No. 5 Notre Dame (ESPN, 7 p.m. ET), the NCAA Division I women's basketball committee will unveil its current top 16 teams in seed order, as well as the top four teams in each region.
This is the third consecutive season in which the committee has given us a peak behind the curtain, and the reveals have added intrigue, insight and interest to the process of selecting the NCAA tournament field. They have been a boost to the women's game.
Selection Monday is still nearly two months away, so Thursday's reveal might look only vaguely familiar to the final top 16 when the 64-team field is unveiled March 12.