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The 2012-13 season will end in New Orleans. We start off with an A through Z look at what to expect along the way.

There's a lot of basketball still to be played this season, but the No. 1 seeds -- Baylor, Notre Dame, Connecticut and Stanford -- already look like a sure thing.

Baylor is the clear-cut overall No. 1 seed; Nebraska, Maryland and Ohio State are better than expected; Delaware is here to stay; and Gonzaga's placement in the bracket once again creates a dilemma.

Baylor remained No. 1 in the ESPN/USA Today top 25 women's basketball coaches' poll, and UConn went to No. 2.

For the second consecutive NCAA tournament, teams from the same conference could end up as the top two seeds in the same region. Yes, Baylor, Texas A&M, Notre Dame and Connecticut, we're talking about you.

Baylor is the unanimous No. 1 as ESPN.com's panel of contributors cast their preseason rankings.

Baylor received the majority of first-place votes to come out ahead of Notre Dame as the top-ranked team in the ESPN/USA Today preseason women's college basketball coaches' poll.

Baylor is ranked No. 1 for the first time in the preseason women's basketball poll by The Associated Press.

Three teams are ahead of reigning NCAA champion Texas A&M in our very early look at how the preseason 2011-12 rankings might look seven months from now.

Texas A&M received 29 first-place votes in the final ESPN/USA Today women's college basketball poll. The other went to UConn.

There will not be a No. 1 seed in Tuesday's women's NCAA championship game, as the Aggies and Irish played spoiler for Connecticut and Stanford.

Texas A&M's Sydney Colson talks about the final drive and winning basket against Stanford, and the hard screen she ran into earlier in the game. Texas A&M's Sydney Carter talks about the Aggies' defense and the final basket by teammate Tyra White...

Texas A&M has upset its second straight top-seeded team in the NCAA tournament and is heading to its first national championship game.

Mechelle Voepel, Graham Hays and Charlie Creme take a look at what led Texas A&M past Stanford on Sunday in the national semifinals.

Stanford has a long history of falling short at the Final Four. Add Sunday's finish to the many years of misery.

Texas A&M doesn't have the pedigree that Stanford has. But after Sunday's stunning upset, the Aggies have something the Cardinal don't: one more game left to play.