2024–25 Stanford Cardinal men's basketball team explained

Year:2024–25
Team:Stanford Cardinal
Sport:Basketball
Conference:Atlantic Coast Conference
Conference Link:Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball
Short Conf:ACC
Record:0–0
Conf Record:0–0
Hc Year:1st
Asst Coach1:Jim Shaw
Asst Coach2:Wayne Hunter
Asst Coach3:Derrick Wrobel
Asst Coach4:Stephen Frankoski

The 2024–25 Stanford Cardinal men's basketball team represents Stanford University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They will play home games at Maples Pavilion. They are led by first-year head coach Kyle Smith. This will be the inaugural season for Stanford as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Previous season

The Cardinal went 14–18, 8–12 in the Pac-12 conference. They finished tied for 9th in the conference and, as the 10th seed, would play California in the first round of the Pac-12 Conference tournament. The Cardinal beat the Golden Bears 87–76 in overtime and would face their next head coach and the second seed, Washington State. The Cardinal would lose to the Cougars 62-79 ending their season. After the game, the Cardinal fired their head coach Jerod Haase after eight seasons and 0 appearances in the NCAA tournament.[1]

Offseason

Departures

Stanford Departures
NameNumberPos.HeightWeightYearHometownReason for Departure
Jared Bynum 1 G 5'10" 185 Graduate Student Graduated
2 G 6'7" 190 Freshman Transferred to California[2]
Kanaan Carlyle 3 G 6'3" 185 Freshman Transferred to Indiana[3]
Roy Yuan 4 G 6'1" 170 Graduate Student Graduated
Max Murrell 10 F 6'10" 225 Senior Transferred to UC Santa Barbara[4]
Michael Jones 13 G 6'5" 205 Senior Graduated
14 F 6'7" 225 Graduate Student Graduated
James Keefe 22 F 6'9" 240 Graduate Student Graduated
Brandon Angel 23 F 6'8" 235 Senior Transferred to Oregon[5]
Josue Gil-Silva 25 G 6'1" 185 Graduate Student Graduated

Incoming transfers

Stanford Additions
NameNumberPos.HeightWeightYearHometownNotes
Jaylen Blakes 21 G 6'2" 195 Junior Transfer from Duke[6]
Chisom Okpara 10 F 6'8" 225 Sophomore Transfer from Harvard[7]
Darin Saran 1 G 6'4" 177 Freshman Transfer from UC Irvine[8]
Oziyah Sellers 4 G 6'5" 185 Sophomore Transfer from USC[9]
Cole Kastner 9 F 6'7" 215 Graduate Student Transfer from Virginia (lacrosse)[10]

2024 recruiting class

Schedule and results

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: March 14, 2024. Stanford fires coach Jerod Haase after eight seasons. June 15, 2024. ESPN.com. Jeff. Borzello. en.
  2. Web site: April 27, 2024. Stanford transfer guard Andrej Stojakovic commits to Cal. June 15, 2024. ESPN.com. Jeff. Borzello. en.
  3. Web site: April 24, 2024. Kanaan Carlyle Signs with Indiana. June 15, 2024. iuhoosiers.com. en.
  4. Web site: May 8, 2024. Men’s basketball forward Max Murrell transfers to UC Santa Barbara. June 15, 2024. stanforddaily.com. Kaushik. Sampath. en.
  5. Web site: April 22, 2024. Stanford Transfer Brandon Angel Commits to Oregon. June 15, 2024. On3.com. Max. Torres. en.
  6. Web site: May 31, 2024. Men’s Basketball Adds Blakes as Graduate Transfer. June 15, 2024. gostanford.com. en.
  7. Web site: May 24, 2024. Stanford men's basketball signs Harvard transfer Chisom Okpara. June 15, 2024. 247sports.com. Lorenzo. Reyna. en.
  8. Web site: May 10, 2024. Men’s Basketball Announces Addition of Saran. June 15, 2024. gostanford.com. en.
  9. Web site: May 4, 2024. Stanford men's basketball signs USC transfer Oziyah Sellers. June 15, 2024. SFchronicle.com. en.
  10. Web site: June 28, 2024. MEN’S BASKETBALL WELCOMES KASTNER. July 4, 2024. gostanford.com. en.