Welcome to the 2008 Women's Tournament Challenge. March Madness is in full swing and on Selection Monday, the brackets will be out and it will be your turn to pick the winners. There's no reason not to take part in it. Like the saying goes, "in for a penny, in for a pound," so if you're already dipping your toe in the men's Madness, you might as well jump in with both feet. Come on in! The water's fine!

The brackets work the same way here as they do for the Men's Tournament Challenge. All you have to do is select who you think will win each of the 63 tournament games that take place starting March 22. For each game you get right, you earn points. As more games are played and the number of teams starts to dwindle down to the Final Four, the point value for a correct pick increases. Then you just sit back, watch the teams battle it out on the court right here on ESPN, and root for your selections to win. What could be simpler?

Pick the most games correctly and you could win a $5,000 Circuit City gift card and $500 to ESPN shop.

Although the women don't get nearly the television exposure that the men do, you definitely need to fill out a bracket. Don't know a whole lot about the game? So what? Don't you try to convince people who know nothing about college basketball to enter your office pool? What arguments do you use on them? "It's easy. What have you got to lose? Come on, it will be fun." Well, look in the mirror, my friend. Oh, and how many times do one of these "reluctant participants" end up winning the whole thing? Most of the time, right? I rest my case.

You don't have to go into this completely blind, either. We've got many fine experts right here at ESPN who can give you advice on who to pick, like Charlie Creme, Graham Hays and Mechelle Voepel. Plus, just like in the men's tournament, the NCAA goes to the trouble of seeding the teams for you. But unlike in the men's tournament, top seeds are allowed to play on their home courts, if they happen to be hosting games this year. Teams like LSU and Maryland could have a huge advantage in that department. However, playing at home is no guarantee of success, either. After all, this year marks the 10th anniversary that Harvard, a 16-seed, knocked off top-seeded Stanford at Maples Pavilion. This year, Maples Pavilion is a host site again, and Harvard is contending for the Ivy League crown. Could we see a rematch?

Even if that doesn't end up happening, there are compelling stories and matchups every year in the women's tournament. There are Hall of Fame-caliber coaches everywhere you look … from Pat Summitt at Tennessee to Geno Auriemma at Connecticut. There's Rutgers coach C. Vivian Stringer, who just reached the exclusive 800-win club, and North Carolina State's Kay Yow, who not only has been winning games for 34 years but also is winning the battle against breast cancer.

But it's more than just the coaches. It's the players, too. And in the women's game, since the WNBA doesn't present the same big-money lure as the NBA, teams actually have a chance to develop and grow over the course of many seasons -- unlike the men's game, which witnesses a mass exodus of freshmen and other underclassmen each year. At Maryland, there is the dynamic duo of Crystal Langhorne and Kristi Toliver. Other top players include Tennessee's Candace Parker, Oklahoma's Courtney Paris and LSU's Sylvia Fowles. And just because a school may not have a marquee name, it doesn't mean it can't have a marquee player: case in point, Idaho State's Natalie Doma and Middle Tennessee State's Amber Holt, who is the nation's leading scorer.

So what are you waiting for? Sign up now! Take a shot at that $5,000 Best Buy gift card. Fill out your brackets for the 2008 Women's Tournament Challenge today.

A.J. Mass is a fantasy football, baseball and college basketball analyst for ESPN.com. You can e-mail him here.