Stanford Cardinal men's basketball

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, the last in 2004, and one NCAA championship, in 1942. Stanford was also retroactively recognized as a pre-NCAA tournament national champion for the 1936–37 season by the Helms Athletic Foundation and was retroactively listed as the top team that season by the Premo-Porretta Power Poll. Neither the Helms nor Premo-Porretta designations are recognized by the NCAA as official national championships, despite the NCAA referencing Helms's historical findings. The team last played in the NCAA tournament in 2014.

Postseason results

The Cardinal have appeared in 17 NCAA Tournaments, with a combined record of 23–16. They were national champions in 1942, but did not return to the NCAA Tournaments for 47 years, until 1989.

1942		Elite Eight Final Four Championship	Rice Colorado Dartmouth	W 53–47 W 46–35 W 53–38
1989	3 E	Round of 64	Siena	L 78–80
1992	12 S	Round of 64	Alabama	L 75–80
1995	10 E	Round of 64 Round of 32	Charlotte #7 Massachusetts	W 70–68 L 53–75
1996	9 E	Round of 64 Round of 32	Bradley #1 Massachusetts	W 66–58 L 74–79
1997	6 W	Round of 64 Round of 32 Sweet Sixteen	Oklahoma #9 Wake Forest #2 Utah	W 80–67 W 72–66 L 77–82 ^OT
1998	3 M	Round of 64 Round of 32 Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four	College of Charleston Western Michigan #11 Purdue Rhode Island #5 Kentucky	W 67–57 W 83–65 W 67–59 W 79–77 L 85–86 ^OT
1999	2 W	Round of 64 Round of 32	Alcorn State Gonzaga	W 69–57 L 74–82
2000	1 S	Round of 64 Round of 32	South Carolina State North Carolina	W 84–65 L 53–60
2001	1 W	Round of 64 Round of 32 Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight	UNC Greensboro Saint Joseph's Cincinnati #11 Maryland	W 88–60 W 90–83 W 78–65 L 73–87
2002	8 M	Round of 64 Round of 32	Western Kentucky #2 Kansas	W 84–68 L 63–86
2003	4 S	Round of 64 Round of 32	San Diego #23 Connecticut	W 77–69 L 74–85
2004	1 W	Round of 64 Round of 32	UTSA Alabama	W 71–45 L 67–70
2005	8 M	Round of 64	Mississippi State	L 70–93
2007	11 S	Round of 64	#16 Louisville	L 58–78
2008	3 S	Round of 64 Round of 32 Sweet Sixteen	Cornell Marquette #7 Texas	W 77–53 W 82–81 ^OT L 62–82
2014	10 S	Round of 64 Round of 32 Sweet Sixteen	#17 New Mexico #10 Kansas Dayton	W 58–53 W 60–57 L 72–82

The Cardinal have appeared in ten National Invitation Tournaments, with a combined record of 20–7. They are three time NIT champions.

1988	First Round Second Round	Long Beach State Arkansas State	W 80–77 L 59–60
1990	First Round	Hawaii	L 57–69
1991	First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship	Houston Wisconsin Southern Illinois Massachusetts Oklahoma	W 93–86 W 80–72 W 78–68 W 78–71 W 78–72
1994	First Round	Gonzaga	L 76–80
2006	Opening Round First Round	Virginia Missouri State	W 65–49 L 67–76
2012	First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship	Cleveland State Illinois State Nevada Massachusetts Minnesota	W 76–65 W 92–88 ^OT W 84–56 W 84–74 W 75–51
2013	First Round Second Round	Stephen F. Austin Alabama	W 58–57 L 54–66
2015	First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship	UC Davis Rhode Island Vanderbilt Old Dominion Miami (FL)	W 77–64 W 74–65 W 78–75 W 67–60 W 66–64 ^OT
2018	First Round Second Round	BYU Oklahoma State	W 86–83 L 65–71
2025	First Round Second Round	Cal State Northridge Kent State	W 87–70 L 75–77

The Cardinal have appeared in one College Basketball Invitational. Their record is 2–1.

First Round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals

Boise State
Wichita State
Oregon State

W 96–76
W 70–56
L 62–65 ^OT