Stanford Cardinal men's basketball

Stanford Cardinal men's basketball
2025–26 Stanford Cardinal men's basketball team
UniversityStanford University
First season1913–14; 113 years ago
Athletic directorJohn Donahoe
Head coachKyle Smith
2nd season, 41–26 (.612)
LocationStanford, California
ArenaMaples Pavilion
(capacity: 7,233)
NCAA divisionDivision I
ConferenceACC
NicknameCardinal
ColorsCardinal and white
   
Student sectionThe Red Zone
All-time record1,648–1,267 (.565)
NCAA tournament record23–16 (.590)
NCAA Division I tournament champions
1942
Other NCAA Division I 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 Helms national champions
1936–37
NIT champions
1991, 2012, 2015
Conference tournament champions
Pac-12: 2004
Conference regular-season champions
PCC: 1920, 1921, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1942
Pac-12: 1963, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004
Conference division champions
PCC South: 1923, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1941, 1942
Uniforms
Home
Away
Alternate
Alternate

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 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.