There is officially a bracket for the 2025 basketball tournament, and 5wins is hosting its first-ever bracket challenge on your site! This year, it seems like a few teams have a chance to go all the way, and I am hoping for excellent matchups from round one to the final.

I’m biased, but you, the reader, should join our bracket challenge! We have exciting prizes for the top three bracket challenge winners. Plus, you can support a women-led company that elevates women’s college sports!

Here are some of my big picks. Will I be right? Maybe not, but it’s all about the journey, not the destination.

• First round: Nine-seed Mississippi State beats eight-seed California before losing to Southern California, and nine-seed Indiana will beat eight-seed Utah
• Second round: Five-seed Ole Miss will upset four-seed Baylor to face off with UCLA
• Round of 16: UCLA gets the win, and it's business as usual for all higher seeds.
• Quarterfinals: I have all of the one-seeds advancing over the two-seeds. Paige Bueckers, I can't wait to watch you play in the WNBA!
• Semifinals: I have them going chalk. UCLA over Southern California and South Carolina over Texas. I think I've seen this film before....
• Final: I have South Carolina beating UCLA. The Gamecocks know how to win, and it's hard to doubt a highly motivated Dawn Staley team.

Feel free to let me know how wrong I am - I hope you are right!