| Stanford Cardinal men's basketball | |||||
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| University | Stanford University | ||||
| First season | 1913–14; 111 years ago | ||||
| All-time record | 1,549–1,175 (.569) | ||||
| Athletic director | Bernard Muir | ||||
| Head coach | Kyle Smith (1st season) | ||||
| Conference | ACC | ||||
| Location | Stanford, California | ||||
| Arena | Maples Pavilion (capacity: 7,233) | ||||
| Nickname | Cardinal | ||||
| Student section | The Red Zone | ||||
| Colors | Cardinal and white[1] | ||||
| Uniforms | |||||
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| Pre-tournament Premo-Porretta champions | |||||
| 1937 | |||||
| Pre-tournament Helms champions | |||||
| 1937 | |||||
| NCAA tournament champions | |||||
| 1942 | |||||
| NCAA tournament Final Four | |||||
| 1942, 1998 | |||||
| NCAA tournament Elite Eight | |||||
| 1942, 1998, 2001 | |||||
| NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen | |||||
| 1997, 1998, 2001, 2008, 2014 | |||||
| NCAA tournament appearances | |||||
| 1942, 1989, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2014 | |||||
| Conference tournament champions | |||||
| 2004 | |||||
| Conference regular season champions | |||||
| 1920, 1921, 1923, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1941, 1942, 1963, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004 | |||||
The Stanford Cardinal men's basketball team represents Stanford University in Stanford, California, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Atlantic Coast Conference. They play their home games at Maples Pavilion. Their head coach is Kyle Smith, as he replaced Jerod Haase who was fired on March 14, 2024 after going 126–127 over eight seasons.
Stanford began varsity intercollegiate competition in men's basketball in 1914.[2] The Cardinal have won 13 conference championships (8 in the PCC and 5 in the Pac-10), the last in 2004, and one NCAA championship, in 1942. Stanford was also retroactively recognized as the pre-NCAA tournament national champion for the 1936–37 season by the Premo-Porretta Power Poll and the Helms Athletic Foundation.[3] The team last played in the NCAA tournament in 2014.
- ^ "Stanford Identity Toolkit: Color". Retrieved May 7, 2017.
- ^ "Stanford Cardinal". sports-reference.com. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
- ^ ESPN, ed. (2009). ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. New York, NY: ESPN Books. p. 545. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.