Open Thread: NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship Tonight at 8:30 PM ET - Can Louisville complete the championship sweep?

After the Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team completed their end of the bargain last night by defeating the Michigan Wolverines 82-76 in the men's national championship last night, the Cardinals' women's basketball team looks to do the same tonight against the Connecticut Huskies. Game is at 8:30 PM Eastern on ESPN and ESPN 3.

Open Thread: National Semifinals are tonight starting at 6:30 PM ET on ESPN

The Final Four starts in New Orleans today which features a team with a transcendent college superstar, a mainstay college power, and two rising programs. Which teams will come out on top to play in the national championship? All games are on ESPN or ESPN 3.

Open Thread: The Norfolk and Oklahoma City Regional Finals are today as the Elite Eight comes to a close

Today we will see the remaining Regional Finals of the NCAA Tournament, featuring our remaining WNBA "Big Three" prospect still playing: Skylar Diggins of Notre Dame. Games start at 7:00 PM Eastern Time and will be on ESPN and WatchESPN.

Open Thread: Bridgeport and Spokane Regional Finals today: Which teams make the Final Four?

We saw two number 1 seeds fall over the last couple days, and now we'll see which teams make the Final Four. The Regional Finals are today in Bridgeport and Spokane and here's the place to talk about it. You can watch all games on ESPN or WatchESPN in certain circumstances.

Geno Auriemma on being in the Elite Eight, Kentucky, and Stefanie Dolson

Connecticut Huskies coach Geno Auriemma chats about chats about returning to the Elite Eight, facing the Kentucky Wildcats, and center Stefanie Dolson's toughness in playing hurt.

Oklahoma City Sweet 16 preview: Oklahoma, Tennessee might be the game of the day

Obviously most of the talk today will be about Baylor Lady Bears center Brittney Griner. But the Oklahoma Sooners and Tennessee Lady Vols matchup might be the better game between a pair of teams that have overcome quite a bit to get to this point.

Open Thread: The Norfolk and Oklahoma City regionals are today featuring the fiery and charismatic Skylar Diggins and The Woman, The Myth, The Legend: Brittney Griner

Sweet 16 games continue today on this Easter Sunday. The Easter Bunny gives us two presents in the form of Brittney Griner and Skylar Diggins playing at separate times so we can watch during lunch time and at dinner time as well on ESPN and ESPN 2 respectively. Or do I mean breakfast time and before dinner time if you're out in the western US of A?

Can LSU or UGA prevent a Cal-Stanford meeting in the Elite Eight?

Since Selection Monday, the prospect of a third meeting between the California Golden Bears and Stanford has been discussed widely. Now with both teams a game away from making that happen, what's standing in the way of an Elite Eight meeting?

NCAA women's basketball tournament Sweet 16 predictions: Ball control key to pulling an upset

The Bridgeport region kicks off Sweet 16 play, featuring Delaware's Elena Delle Donne who's looking to carry her team once again in an attempt to make the Final Four.

Open Thread: The Bridgeport and Spokane Regionals begin today in the NCAA Tournament

Two regional rounds start today in Bridgeport and Spokane. Which teams advance to the Elite Eight today?

Q&A with UConn coach Geno Auriemma: Sweet 16 is 'a great reward for a great season'

We got some comments today from UConn's Geno Auriemma at the Bridgeport Regional practice.

Q&A with Delaware star Elena Delle Donne: The NCAA Tournament, UConn, and the future

A brief set of responses from Delaware Blue Hens star Elena Delle Donne captured from a combination of the press conference in Bridgeport and a one-on-one interview.

Open Thread: More 2nd Round NCAA Tournament Games Tonight featuring "The Big Three"

After seeing a number of great second round games which featured Kansas going into the Sweet 16 as a 12 seed, and Cal needing to defeat South Florida in overtime, we hope to see more of the same tonight. Games start at approximately 7:00 PM Eastern Time and games can be watched on ESPN3.com and games will continue to be cycled through ESPN 2. As noted on Sunday, the 2013 WNBA Draft Class' "Big Three" all played their first round matches, all three of them won and will attempt to get to the Sweet 16 tonight.

Open Thread: 2nd Round of the NCAA Tournament Begins: Which teams will be the first to get in the Sweet 16?

There are now 32 teams remaining in the 2013 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament. Starting at 7:00 PM ET on ESPN3 and ESPN2, you will have a chance to see 16 of these teams fight for eight of the Sweet 16 spots.

Non-chalk second round predictions for the 2013 NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament

A look at games in the second round of the 2013 NCAA Tournament that might not go according to seed based on Massey predictions.

Open Thread: The "Big Three" and their teams get ready to play in the first round of the NCAA Tournament

After 32 teams squared off yesterday, the other 32 teams that didn't play yesterday get to show what they can do in the first round of the NCAA tournament. Games start at noon or so Eastern Time, all available on ESPN3.com, and ESPN2 will also cycle through games as appropriate.

NCAA Tournament Oklahoma City bracket preview: Beyond Baylor

The Baylor Lady Bears are the top seed in the Oklahoma City Bracket and the favorite to win the national title. However, there are a number of interesting matchups, both individual and team, that are worth watching.

Joanne P. McCallie's journal: Spring Break, Chelsea Gray's status & "Lean In"

Duke women's basketball coach shares what she did during Spring Break, Chelsea Gray's status, and applying insights from Sheryl Sandberg's book "Lean In" to basketball. And, of course, how they prepared for first round opponent Hampton.

NCAA Tournament Open Thread: 1st round games begin today!

Feel free to talk about today's games, and whatever else is on your mind here.

2013 NCAA women's bracket predictions: Massey, National Sports Rankings, and Omni Rankings

There are a bunch of different statistical projections for the 2013 NCAA women's basketball tournament out there for the first round and the entire tournament and I'm just going to link dump those here for now:

• Massey Ratings
• National Sports Rankings (projections with adjustments for home court)
• Omni Rankings (full bracket)

Most of the upsets listed there have been discussed in our bracket-by-bracket previews (click here).

Which projections do you most agree with? Or, better yet, got your own projections? There are still a few hours to sign up for our Swish Appeal bracket pool at Yahoo - click here to check out the information about how to sign up (it's free, but we put together some prizes this year too).

Otherwise, the time for speculation is almost over. In a few hours, we'll start getting results.

For more on the tournament, visit our NCAA section.

NCAA women's Norfolk bracket preview: Nebraska & the makings of an upset

While Notre Dame is the clear favorite in the Norfolk region, Nebraska is a team that might be the biggest favorite in the tournament to be on the wrong end of an upset.

2013 NCAA women's bracket: Stanford might be the favorite in Spokane, but not without challengers

Although the Stanford Cardinal are the top seed in the Spokane bracket, the California Golden Bears appear to be the trendy pick to head to the Final Four as the two seed. And then there's Penn State, the second most proficient 3-point shooting team in the nation. Who will survive this one and advance?

NCAA Tournament 2013 preview: Searching for an upset in the Bridgeport bracket

There's a lot of uncertainty among the sub-regionals in the Bridgeport bracket, aside from the Connecticut Huskies in Storrs. Yet after that, not everyone believes that the Huskies will advance to the Final Four unchallenged.

Join the Swish Appeal/Rocky Top Talk bracket pool for a chance to win prizes

Swish Appeal and SB Nation's Rocky Top Talk have partnered up to host a bracket challenge with a grand prize of a $50 Ticketmaster gift card to spend on tickets to the event of your choice (hopefully a basketball game).

The best women's basketball coaches in the 2013 NCAA Tournament

Before looking more deeply at the individual brackets, we take a look at the top coaches in the 2013 NCAA Tournament.

Chloe Pavlech is savoring the moment

Maryland freshman Chloe Pavlech has had some clutch moments this year and hopes to step up in her first NCAA tournament.

NCAA women's tournament predictions: Who has the best chance to win it all after Baylor?

Ed Bemiss of National Sports Rankings has put together projections for each team's chances of winning the 2013 NCAA women's tournament based on his current power rating for each team. Here's the link the projections:

http://www.edbemiss.com//13ncaahoopoddsw

Perhaps the teams with the best chances to knock off Baylor will come as no surprise (in order): Notre Dame, UConn, Kentucky, Stanford, Duke.

His simulator also came up with three double digit seeds who could come up with upsets: Green Bay, South Florida, Chattanooga, and Marist.

Though these predictions didn't account for home court advantage, they were relatively consistent with what we humans came up with earlier today.

For more predictions and previews of the tournament, visit our 2013 NCAA Tournament previews storystream.

Swish Appeal's 2013 NCAA Tournament staff predictions

Prior to Selection Monday we looked at a set of teams to watch and shortly after the selection show we looked at some surprises, games to watch and key questions. Today, six of us from the Swish Appeal team are going to make a few predictions to preview how we might imagine the tournament unfolding. For more updates and previews of the tournament, visit our 2013 NCAA Tournament storystream.

Maryland ready to take on whatever challenges they face in the tournament

Maryland landed a 4 seed in the Bridgeport region and knows that UConn could very well be the team standing in the way of a return to the Elite Eight.

NCAA Women's Tournament 2013: Cal gets an opportunity to settle the score with Stanford in Spokane region

The placement of the 2-seeded California Golden Bears in the Spokane region with the 1-seeded Stanford Cardinal is probably going to be the source of some discussion and, perhaps, frustration among women's basketball fans. But it worked out well for Cal. Click here for the full bracket.

2013 NCAA Tournament bracket: Surprises, games to watch, and key questions

The 2013 NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament brackets have been released (click here) and now we have a better idea of what to watch for. The following are just a few brief notes on some of my first impressions.

Five teams to watch in the 2013 NCAA Tournament

A look at five teams that could do some damage in the upcoming NCAA Tournament.