Stanford Cardinal men's basketball
2025–26 Stanford Cardinal men's basketball team
University	Stanford University
First season	1913–14; 112 years ago
All-time record	1,549–1,175 (.569)
Athletic director	John Donahoe
Head coach	Kyle Smith (2nd season)
Conference	ACC
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
NCAA tournament champions
1942
Other NCAA tournament results Final Four 1942, 1998 Elite Eight 1942, 1998, 2001 Sweet Sixteen 1997, 1998, 2001, 2008, 2014 Appearances 1942, 1989, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2014
Pre-tournament Helms champions
1937
Conference tournament champions
2004
Conference regular-season champions
1920, 1921, 1923, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1941, 1942, 1963, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004
NIT champions
1991, 2012, 2015

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.^[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 a pre-NCAA tournament national champion for the 1936–37 season by the Premo-Porretta Power Poll and the Helms Athletic Foundation.^[3] 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.