Wildcats, Trojans and Bears alike, you have been warned: fear the Cardinal.

You shouldn’t need me to tell you. Look at the past 15 games — can you spot a loss? No?

But I’m sure you see two wins over then-Pac-10 leader Cal, authoritative revenge victories over UCLA and USC, and all the drubbings in between.

Since early January, no one has been able to beat the Stanford women. And with each game comes more momentum, as more and more opponents fall to the wayside. The team is peaking — pity the squad that tries to stop them now.

Washington thought they could hang with them this weekend. They grabbed board after board and hoisted up shot after shot and only trailed by two at the half. They sprinted into their locker room, giddy over the thought that they could be the first team in nearly two months to knock off No. 6 Stanford.

The Cardinal had a quick fix for that: it started the second period on a 12-0 run. Bye bye, Huskies.

The Stanford women will carry that dominance into the Pac-10 Tournament this weekend in San Jose and the NCAA Tournament after that. Schools along the western seaboard and across the country must take note of the Cardinal.

It’s hard for them not to: Stanford will be the top team at the Pac-10 Tourney and will most likely be a two seed in the NCAA Tournament. But unlike other top teams such as No. 8 Baylor or No. 10 Cal, the Cardinal is not slowing down and dropping games as the season progresses; instead, Stanford’s play is constantly improving.

It starts with senior Candice Wiggins, the newly anointed Pac-10 career scoring leader. Wiggins has rebounded from some early season troubles, when, despite putting up a good number of points, she shot poorly from the field.

Now, not only is she scoring at will, but she’s doing it efficiently, as well. Against the Washington schools this weekend — albeit, not the toughest of competition — she went a combined 18-32 from the field and 9-17 from behind the three-point arc to lead all scorers in both games. Shooting over 50 percent as a guard is a great achievement on its own; to do it from three-point land as well is outstanding.

But Wiggins isn’t solely a jump-shot artist: she is quick, smart and strong enough to drive the lane and go right at her opponent’s post players.

Of course, if the other team tried to do this to Stanford, chances are they’d have their shot swatted. Sophomore Jayne Appel anchors a front line that not only scores with ease but defends and rebounds seamlessly, as well. Appel, freshman Kayla Pedersen and junior Morgan Clyburn work in tandem to clean the offensive and defensive glass, score in the paint and prevent opposing bigs from getting easy buckets — or any points at all, for that matter.

And when the Cardinal post players take care of business down low, the guards are freed up to create along the perimeter. JJ Hones, Rosalyn Gold-Onwude and Wiggins can thread passes through mobs of defenders, and Jeanette Pohlen, Cissy Pierce, Hones and Wiggins can shoot the lights out.

Meanwhile, Ashley Cimino and Hannah Donaghe — who have seen a recent increase in their minutes — have proven versatile at both ends of the floor. And Stanford’s recent success is more eye-opening because it comes without forward Jillian Harmon — a starter who is a leader in the transition offense and a major contributor on the boards — who has been out for over a month. But opponents shouldn’t rest easy: she’ll be back by the end of the Pac-10 tournament, at which point the Cardinal attack will only improve.

The overall message is this: not only is the Cardinal bench deep down to the very last player, but Stanford is a team in the truest sense of the word — players feed off of and rely on each other for success. Their star isn’t the moody caricature that permeates the professional men’s game — instead, Wiggins is a selfless leader who would just as soon pass the ball to a better-positioned player than shoot it herself. And every player is comfortable in her role.

From the starters through the reserves, all the players seem to value team success over individual gain. Such a mentality will serve them well in post season play.

It certainly has so far.

Wyndam Makowsky is a freshman. Contact him at makowsky@stanford.edu.