They can't say the women's NCAA tournament is too predictable anymore.

Last season, Texas A&M stormed through the NCAA tournament to win its first national championship, upsetting a pair of No. 1 seeds in the process. The Aggies' matchup with fellow No. 2 seed Notre Dame also marked just the second time the title game didn't feature at least one No. 1 seed.

So far this season, another Big 12 squad is the team to beat. Baylor opened the season with the No. 1 ranking and has held on ever since, beating Notre Dame, Tennessee and Connecticut in its nonconference slate. The Lady Bears, led by the 1-2 punch of 6-foot-8 Brittney Griner and speedy point guard Odyssey Sims, then was perfect in the Big 12 regular season. Griner leads a very short list of national player of the year contenders and a Baylor squad that won all but five of its regular-season games by double digits -- but is no doubt eager to reach the Final Four after falling in last year's Elite Eight.

Notre Dame, last season's runner-up, has looked equally dominant. Point guard Skylar Diggins exploded onto the map this time last year, helping the Irish become the first team to beat traditional powers UConn and Tennessee in the same NCAA tournament. Notre Dame swept UConn in the 2012 regular season to earn its first outright Big East title. That's something the Irish weren't even able to do when they won the 2001 national championship.

Of course, you can't ever count out UConn, which boasts the nation's No. 1-ranked scoring defense (45 ppg). Four Huskies average 10 or more points, and with talent on board from senior Tiffany Hayes to freshman Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis, UConn's No. 1 seed was never in doubt. Other storylines to watch... MORE