Jacob Rayburn • CardinalSportsReport.com
Stanford women's basketball program may be on the verge of something special, and the reasons why were on display in two gyms: Maples Pavilion in Stanford, Calif., and State Farm Arena in Atlanta
The current Cardinal fought through some adversity to defeat BYU 72-63 and earn a 12th straight trip to the Sweet 16 -- a remarkable streak that illustrates that the floor of the program is reaching the second weekend of the NCAA Tournament. Stanford will take on No. 11 seed Missouri State in Chicago because the Bears upset No. 3 seed Iowa State.
On the other side of the country incoming freshman Francesca (Fran) Belibi dazzled an audience of her high school all-star peers at the Powerade Jam Fest. She is the first girl to win the dunk contest of McDonald All-Americans since Candace Parker in 2004.
Belibi showed off an array of dunks -- baseline reverse, two-handed, alley-oop and leaping over a seated teammate -- to win the title over Scottie Lewis. (You can watch all four on this ESPN video.)
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