The field of 68 is officially set. March Madness will tip off this week with plenty of local representation. Among the teams to follow are Texas Tech, Texas A&M and Baylor. Each of these teams enters the NCAA Tournament with experience battling on the sport’s biggest stages.

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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.