Twenty-five years after its shocking loss to Harvard, Stanford prepares for No. 16 seed Sacred Heart, powered by a diminutive dynamo.
STANFORD — It’s almost a given that the No. 1 seeds will beat the No. 16 seeds in the NCAA Tournament.
Senior Francesca Belibi did say she knew about that loss before this week, if only because she’s seen it before on the selection show.VanDerveer made sure to note that the circumstances around the 1998 game were “quite extraordinary.” Back then, star senior guard Vanessa Nygaard tore her ACL in the final game of the regular season, just before the Selection Show. Then, after the Cardinal received a No.
“You’ve got to play it — you don’t go into a game with a No. 1 seed and get a 20-point head start,” VanDerveer said. “You’ve got to come out, play the whole game and you’ve got to play really well. And our team understands that.” Belibi and Jump were both in attendance and said it felt strange to be in the building without playing in the game themselves.
Listed at 5-foot-3, the guard swept all three player of the year awards in the Northeast Conference – Player, Defensive Player and Freshman – and helped the Pioneers reach the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 11 years. “I think, for us, the smaller guards can invite them to our bigger friends in the paint. I think we have the advantage inside, so getting them inside the paint and making them shoot over our bigger girls is definitely where I think we can have an advantage.”
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