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 126âÂÂ127 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 a pre-NCAA tournament national champion for the 1936âÂÂ37 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.
The Cardinal have appeared in 17 NCAA Tournaments, with a combined record of 23âÂÂ16. They were national champions in 1942, but did not return to the NCAA Tournaments for 47 years, until 1989.
The Cardinal have appeared in ten National Invitation Tournaments (NIT), with a combined record of 20âÂÂ7. They are three time NIT champions (1991, 2012, 2015).
The Cardinal have appeared in one College Basketball Invitational (CBI). Their record is 2âÂÂ1.