NCAA Tournament field has been announced, which means college basketball fans near and far will spend the next few days until brackets lock on Thursday putting in as much research as possible for their picks.

Could a Rick Pitino-led St. John's squad, red-hot after winning its first Big East Tournament championship in 25 years, make it back to the Final Four for the first time since 1985 and go even further with a victory in the national championship?

When we talk about increased parity in women’s college basketball, what we really mean is depth at the top of the sport. There are legitimately 6-8 teams good enough to cut down the nets this year, which means that it’s hard to pencil the No. 1 seeds all into the Final Four like we used to do without thinking twice.