Casey Jacobson. Josh Childress. Ike Diogu. Chris Hernandez. And now, Ivan Radenovic.

Radenovic added his name to Maples Pavilion lore with a performance as dominating as any that the building has witnessed in recent years.

His 37 points made Stanford rallies from 18-3 and 41-21 deficits irrelevant, as the Wildcats claimed an 85-80 overtime victory in a game in which they never trailed.

Walk-on redshirt sophomore Kenny Brown scored a career-high 22, freshman center Brook Lopez added 21 — topping 20 for the fourth time in his last five games — and sophomore forward Lawrence Hill chipped in 20 in the loss.

But Stanford had no answer for Radenovic, the 6-foot-10, 240-pound senior post from Serbia.

“We had to take advantage of the mismatch with Ivan,” Arizona Coach Lute Olson said. “It was a tough guard for all of their big guys.”

Radenovic often camped out on the three-point line, forcing Brook and Robin Lopez to guard him 20 feet away from the hoop. Then he put it on the court and blew past the bulkier, slower twins.

“I know that I can take the Lopezes off the dribble,” Radenovic said. “Whenever they put them on me, I’d dribble, and whenever someone helped, dish to the open man for the shot. Then when they put Finger on me, I was dishing to Lopez’s man for the shot.”

The plan worked. He finished with 12-of-18 shooting, including 2-for-2 on three-pointers, 11-of-11 on free throws, nine rebounds (three offensive), two steals, seven assists and no turnovers.

“Ivan had probably as good a game as we’ve had out of anyone — forever,” said Olson, in his 24th year as Arizona’s head coach.

Behind Radenovic, the Wildcats started hot, while Stanford came out lethargic — perhaps still shaking off the food poisoning that weakened forwards junior Taj Finger and senior Fred Washington and forced sophomore guard Mitch Johnson to the bench for the second half.

The Wildcats hit their first five shots, used a 15-0 run to build an 18-3 lead five minutes in, and pushed the margin to 41-22 at halftime.

“In the first half, we probably played as well as have all year long,” Olson said.

But Brown saved Stanford’s day (and reputation, in a nationally-televised game) in the second. He didn’t merely fill in for the injured sophomore Anthony Goods (latest diagnosis: probable for Thursday); he channeled him, with big shot after big shot when his team needed him most. Brown finished 9-of-13, 4-of-9 deep, with three steals and a feisty defense.

It was his jumper that started the rally, cutting the deficit to 45-28 two minutes into the second. And it was his three with a man in his face and seven seconds to go in regulation that capped a furious rally for the Cardinal.

“Kenny Brown was unbelievable,” Radenovic said. “Every one of those shots, he had a great deal of pressure on him. Once he got going it seemed like he would make it no matter what.”

Stanford didn’t come back in a spurt — instead scoring no more than six in a row the entire game — but they were persistent. The defense (save for when they were up against Radenovic) improved in the second half, and Stanford slowly but surely whittled the lead down to three, before Brown’s miracle shot.

Radenovic was less charitable.

“We didn’t play defense in the second half,” he said. “If you don’t play defense against this team, it’s hard to keep a 20-point lead.”

Despite the Herculean comeback, Stanford’s NCAA Tournament hopes are up in the air. The RPI ranks them 57th, a problem considering that taking away the 31 conference champs leaves only 34 at-large teams in the 65-team field. But high-profile wins in-conference (Stanford has beat every Pac-10 team, save for Arizona) and out-of-conference (at ACC-leading Virginia, versus Texas Tech and at Fresno State), as well as a generally weak field this year are reasons to believe the Cardinal can restart its 11-year March Madness streak after last year’s hiatus.

Stanford Coach Trent Johnson must be a little nervous, because he rallied for Stanford’s inclusion postgame, citing the Virginia win and five victories over ranked opponents.

“When you look at the full body of work, why wouldn’t this group of young men be in the NCAA Tournament?” Johnson said.

Bottom line: Stanford would be in if the Big Dance started today, and probably will make the cut no matter how they fare in the Pac-10 Tournament this weekend. But with a loss to hometown USC at 6:50 pm on Thursday, the next 72 hours will involve a lot of hand-wringing and fingernail biting.

“When you take a look at who Stanford has played and who they have beaten, I’m biased, but I think they should be in,” said Olson, who had gone out of his way to praise Stanford throughout the years. “The Pac-10’s the best that it’s been in the time I’ve been at Arizona, 24 years. I’ve never seen it so strong, top to bottom.”