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Jackie Stiles had never been so happy in her life. Her fifth-seeded Southwest Missouri State women's basketball team had clinched a spot in the 2001 women's Final Four the night before. And as the team's plane taxied into the small Springfield airport after their flight home from the regional in Spokane, Washington, players and staff had less than 24 hours to race home, do laundry and repack before heading to St. Louis for the national semifinals.
Jackie-mania: The year Jackie Stiles became a phenomenon in the women's NCAA tournament
Each NCAA tournament, we watch to see if that transcendent player will emerge. Few embodied the magic of March more than Jackie Stiles 20 years ago.
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