Stanford Cardinal men's basketball

Stanford Cardinal men's basketball
2023–24 Stanford Cardinal men's basketball team
University	Stanford University
First season	1913–14
All-time record	1,549–1,175 (.569)
Athletic director	Bernard Muir
Head coach	Kyle Smith (1st season)
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Location	Stanford, California
Arena	Maples Pavilion (Capacity: 7,233)
Nickname	Cardinal
Student section	The Red Zone
Colors	Cardinal and white[1]
Uniforms
Home Away Alternate Alternate
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 Pac-12 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.