2024–25 Stanford Cardinal men's basketball team

2024–25 Stanford Cardinal men's basketball
NIT, Second Round
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record21–14 (11–9 ACC)
Head coach
Associate head coachEric Reveno
Assistant coaches
  • Jim Shaw
  • Wayne Hunter
  • Derrick Wrobel
  • Stephen Frankoski
Home arenaMaples Pavilion
2024–25 ACC men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 3 Duke 19 1   .950 35 4   .897
No. 21 Louisville 18 2   .900 27 8   .771
No. 22 Clemson 18 2   .900 27 7   .794
Wake Forest 13 7   .650 21 11   .656
North Carolina 13 7   .650 23 14   .622
SMU 13 7   .650 24 11   .686
Stanford 11 9   .550 21 14   .600
Georgia Tech 10 10   .500 17 17   .500
Virginia 8 12   .400 15 17   .469
Virginia Tech 8 12   .400 13 19   .406
Florida State 8 12   .400 17 15   .531
Notre Dame 8 12   .400 15 18   .455
Pittsburgh 8 12   .400 17 15   .531
Syracuse 7 13   .350 14 19   .424
California 6 14   .300 14 19   .424
NC State 5 15   .250 12 19   .387
Boston College 4 16   .200 12 19   .387
Miami (FL) 3 17   .150 7 24   .226
2025 ACC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 2024–25 Stanford Cardinal men's basketball team represented Stanford University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They played their home games at Maples Pavilion. Led by first-year head coach Kyle Smith, this marked the inaugural season for Stanford as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

The team started the season well, winning six straight games, a streak which culminated in a 71–69 win at Santa Clara. The team then went on a two game losing streak, losing in the Acrisure Holiday Invitational to Grand Canyon and to Cal Poly. They rebounded to win three straight games, including a rivalry match and their ACC opener against California. That streak ended as the Cardinal faced their first ranked team of the season in number ten Oregon. They fell at a neutral site in the San Jose Tip-Off 76–61. They then went on their first ACC road trip to the east coast, where they lost to Clemson and Pittsburgh. They rebounded from the road trip and went 6–1 over their next seven games, with five of those games being at home. They went 1–1 in the road games, with a loss at Wake Forest and a win at North Carolina. The team stumbled and went 1–4 over their next five games. They only defeated NC State 74–73, while losing to SMU, Wake Forest, Georgia Tech and third-ranked Duke over the stretch. The Cardinal finished 3–2 over their last five games, winning their three games at home and losing their two games on the road. The stretch included wins over rival California, SMU, and Boston College. The two losses were their final to games of the season versus Notre Dame and fourteenth-ranked Louisville.

The Cardinal finished the season 21–14 and 11–9 in ACC play to finish in seventh place. As the seventh seed in the 2025 ACC tournament earned a bye into Second Round where they faced rival California for the third time during the season. They continued their dominance over the Golden Bears, defeating them for the third time during the season. They fell advanced to the Quarterfinals where they lost to second seed and thirteenth ranked Louisville for the second time in six days, 75–73. They received an at-large bid to the NIT. The Cardinal were a two-seed in the San Francisco Region. They defeated Cal State Northridge in the First Round before losing to Kent State 77–75 in the Second Round.