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.

There are two other events on the schedule involving teams who didn't crack the 2025 NCAA Tournament field. Up first will be college basketball's oldest postseason tournament, the National Invitation Tournament,

The NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament wasn't the only college basketball postseason bracket unveiled on Monday evening. The National Invitational Tournament unveiled its bracket on Sunday night, too. Unfortunately,