Stanford Cardinal men's basketball

Stanford Cardinal men's basketball
2024–25 Stanford Cardinal men's basketball team
UniversityStanford University
First season1913–14; 112 years ago
All-time record1,549–1,175 (.569)
Athletic directorBernard Muir
Head coachKyle Smith (1st season)
ConferenceACC
LocationStanford, California
ArenaMaples Pavilion
(capacity: 7,233)
NicknameCardinal
Student sectionThe Red Zone
ColorsCardinal and white
   
Uniforms
Home
Away
Alternate
Alternate
NCAA tournament champions
1942
Other NCAA tournament results
Final Four1942, 1998
Elite Eight1942, 1998, 2001
Sweet Sixteen1997, 1998, 2001, 2008, 2014
Appearances1942, 1989, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2014
Pre-tournament Premo-Porretta champions
1937
Pre-tournament Helms champions
1937
Conference tournament champions
2004
Conference regular-season champions
1920, 1921, 1923, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1941, 1942, 1963, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004
NIT champions
1991, 2012, 2015

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. 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. The team last played in the NCAA tournament in 2014.