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Women’s Bracket Breakdown: State of the No. 1s, Players to Watch and More

After months of thrilling college basketball action, the women’s NCAA tournament is finally here. For the first time, the bracket will feature 68 teams, as the full field was unveiled Sunday. Also new this year is the NCAA’s use of March Madness branding for the women’s event, a decision made after last year’s tournament highlighted a number inequities between the men’s and women’s competition. South Carolina, Stanford, North Carolina State and Louisville were named as No. 1 seeds on Sunday. But, as a number of conference tournaments showed, upsets could occur at any point. Sports Illustrated has everything you need to help fill out your bracket.