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As the NCAA Tournament officially gets underway, with one women's game tonight, it's time to take a look at the field.

Who will win it all? Well, before we jump ahead that far, who will be the Cinderella teams in each of the four brackets? Who will be the disappointments?

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Will Hope make a run to Holland? Will any of last year's Final Four teams return to the championship round? (Here's a hint: We project one will.) Which host teams are least likely to make it out of the first weekend?

This seems like a wide-open tournament, and the pick 'em contest results so far don't argue, with nearly half the field getting votes to win it all and more than a dozen teams getting strong support.

It's easy to imagine a scenario in which any of that handful of teams could be hoisting Walnut and Bronze in Holland, Mich., on March 21. Who do we think? Check out Pat Coleman's women's NCAA Tournament preview, a D3hoops.com tradition since 1998.