# 2017–18 Stanford Cardinal men's basketball team

The 2017–18 Stanford Cardinal men's basketball team represented Stanford University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cardinal, led by second-year head coach Jerod Haase, played their home games at Maples Pavilion as members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 19–16, 11–7 in Pac-12 play, finishing in a three-way tie for third place. As the No. 5 seed in the Pac-12 tournament, they defeated California in the first round before losing to UCLA in the quarterfinals. They received an invitation to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated BYU in the first round before losing to Oklahoma State in the second round.

## Previous season

The Cardinal finished the 2016–17 season 14–17, 6–12 in Pac-12 play to finish in ninth place. They lost in the first round of the Pac-12 tournament to Arizona State.

## Offseason
### Departures

| Name | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for Departure |
| Christian Sanders | SG | 6'4" | 192 | RS Senior | Houston, TX | Graduated |
| Grant Verhoeven | PF | 6'9" | 250 | RS Senior | Hanford, CA | Graduated |
| Marcus Allen | G | 6'3" | 190 | Senior | Las Vegas, NV | Graduated |
| Malcolm Allen | G | 6'1" | 180 | RS Junior | Las Vegas, NV | Graduate transferred to Northern Arizona |

### 2017 recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date |
| KZ Okpala SF | Placentia, California | Esperanza High School | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | 187.5 lb (85.0 kg) | Aug 7, 2016 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 88 ||||||
| Oscar Da Silva F | Munich, Germany | Ludwig Gymnasium | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) | 218 lb (99 kg) | Nov 16, 2016 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: N/A ESPN grade: NR ||||||
| Daejon Davis G | Seattle, Washington | Garfield High School | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | 170 lb (77 kg) | Apr 1, 2017 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 86 ||||||
| Isaac White G | Adelaide, South Australia | Sacred Heart College | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | 182 lb (83 kg) | Apr 12, 2017 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: N/A ESPN grade: NR ||||||
| Overall recruiting rankings: ||||||
| Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2017 Stanford Basketball Commitment List". Rivals.com. "2017 Stanford Cardinal Player Commits". ESPN.com. "2017 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. ||||||

### 2018 recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for 2018 recruits :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date |
| Cormac Ryan SG | New York City, New York | Milton Academy | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | 175 lb (79 kg) | Jun 4, 2017 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: |||||||
| Jaiden Delaire SF | Granby, Connecticut | Loomis Chaffee School | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) | 200 lb (91 kg) | Aug 8, 2018 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: |||||||
| Keenan Fitzmorris C | Lenexa, Kansas | St. James Academy | 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) | 190 lb (86 kg) | Jul 3, 2017 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: |||||||
| Bryce Wills SG | White Plains, New York | Iona Preparatory School | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | 170 lb (77 kg) | Dec 20, 2017 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: |||||||
| Lukas Kisunas C | Lithuania | Brewster Academy | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | 235 lb (107 kg) | May 1, 2018 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: |||||||
| Overall recruiting rankings: |||||||
| Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2018 Stanford Commits". Rivals.com. "2018 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. |||||||

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| Nov 2, 2017* 7:00 pm, P12N | | Chico State | W 91–81 | – | Maples Pavilion (N/A) Stanford, CA |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| Nov 10, 2017* 4:00 pm, P12N | | Cal Poly | W 78–62 | 1–0 | Maples Pavilion (6,276) Stanford, CA |
| Nov 12, 2017* 7:00 pm, P12N | | Pacific | W 89–80 | 2–0 | Maples Pavilion (3,103) Stanford, CA |
| Nov 14, 2017* 8:00 pm, P12N | | Eastern Washington | L 61–67 | 2–1 | Maples Paviliion (2,799) Stanford, CA |
| Nov 17, 2017* 3:00 pm, P12N | | Northeastern PK80–Phil Knight Invitational campus–site game | W 73–59 | 3–1 | Maples Pavilion (2,998) Stanford, CA |
| Nov 20, 2017* 8:30 pm, ESPN2 | | No. 9 North Carolina | L 72–96 | 3–2 | Maples Pavilion (7,233) Stanford, CA |
| Nov 23, 2017* 7:00 pm, ESPN2 | | vs. No. 7 Florida PK80–Phil Knight Invitational - Motion quarterfinals | L 87–108 | 3–3 | Veterans Memorial Coliseum (7,878) Portland, OR |
| Nov 24, 2017* 6:00 pm, ESPN2 | | vs. Ohio State PK80–Phil Knight Invitational - Motion consolation 2nd round | L 71–79 | 3–4 | Moda Center (14,274) Portland, OR |
| Nov 26, 2017* 6:30 pm, ESPNU | | vs. Portland State PK80–Phil Knight Invitational - Motion 7th place game | L 78–87 | 3–5 | Veterans Memorial Coliseum (2,771) Portland, OR |
| Nov 29, 2017* 7:00 pm, P12N | | Montana | W 70–54 | 4–5 | Maples Pavilion (3,145) Stanford, CA |
| Dec 3, 2017* 2:00 pm | | at Long Beach State | L 68–76 | 4–6 | Walter Pyramid (2,564) Long Beach, CA |
| Dec 15, 2017* 7:00 pm, P12N | | Denver | W 75–62 | 5–6 | Maples Pavilion (3,303) Stanford, CA |
| Dec 17, 2017* 3:00 pm, ESPNU | | San Francisco | W 71–59 | 6–6 | Maples Pavilion (4,031) Stanford, CA |
| Dec 21, 2017* 8:00 pm, ESPN2 | | vs. No. 14 Kansas Sacramento Showcase | L 54–75 | 6–7 | Golden 1 Center (7,880) Sacramento, CA |
| Pac-12 Regular season ||||||
| Dec 30, 2017 7:00 pm, FS1 | | California | L 74–77 | 6–8 (0–1) | Maples Pavilion (4,293) Stanford, CA |
| Jan 4, 2018 7:00 pm, FS1 | | UCLA | W 107–99 $^{2OT}$ | 7–8 (1–1) | Maples Pavilion (4,497) Stanford, CA |
| Jan 7, 2018 7:00 pm, FS1 | | USC | W 77–76 | 8–8 (2–1) | Maples Pavilion (4,087) Stanford, CA |
| Jan 11, 2018 6:00 pm, ESPNU | | at Washington State | W 79–70 | 9–8 (3–1) | Beasley Coliseum (2,540) Pullman, WA |
| Jan 13, 2018 5:00 pm, P12N | | at Washington | W 73–64 | 10–8 (4–1) | Alaska Airlines Arena (8,256) Seattle, WA |
| Jan 17, 2018 8:00 pm, P12N | | No. 16 Arizona State | W 86–77 | 11–8 (5–1) | Maples Pavilion (4,014) Stanford, CA |
| Jan 20, 2018 1:00 pm, CBS | | No. 14 Arizona | L 71–73 | 11–9 (5–2) | Maples Pavilion (6,079) Stanford, CA |
| Jan 24, 2018 6:00 pm, ESPNU | | at USC | L 64–69 | 11–10 (5–3) | Galen Center (4,116) Los Angeles, CA |
| Jan 27, 2018 7:30 pm, P12N | | at UCLA | L 73–89 | 11–11 (5–4) | Pauley Pavilion (10,519) Los Angeles, CA |
| Feb 1, 2018 8:00 pm, FS1 | | Oregon State | W 80–71 | 12–11 (6–4) | Maples Pavilion (3,601) Stanford, CA |
| Feb 3, 2018 2:00 pm, FOX | | Oregon | W 96–61 | 13–11 (7–4) | Maples Pavilion (4,894) Stanford, CA |
| Feb 8, 2018 5:00 pm, FS1 | | at Utah | L 60–75 | 13–12 (7–5) | Jon M. Huntsman Center (14,038) Salt Lake City, UT |
| Feb 11, 2018 1:00 pm, P12N | | at Colorado | L 56–64 | 13–13 (7–6) | Coors Events Center (8,323) Boulder, CO |
| Feb 18, 2018 5:00 pm, ESPNU | | at California | W 77–73 | 14–13 (8–6) | Haas Pavilion (8,482) Berkeley, CA |
| Feb 22, 2018 6:00 pm, P12N | | Washington | W 94–78 | 15–13 (9–6) | Maples Pavilion (3,625) Stanford, CA |
| Feb 24, 2018 4:00 pm, P12N | | Washington State | W 86–84 | 16–13 (10–6) | Maples Pavilion (7,391) Stanford, CA |
| Mar 1, 2018 7:00 pm, FS1 | | at No. 19 Arizona | L 67–75 | 16–14 (10–7) | McKale Center (14,644) Tucson, AZ |
| Mar 3, 2018 11:30 am, P12N | | at Arizona State | W 84–83 | 17–14 (11–7) | Wells Fargo Arena (11,895) Tempe, AZ |
| Pac-12 Tournament ||||||
| Mar 7, 2018 2:30 pm, P12N | (5) | vs. (12) California First Round | W 76–58 | 18–14 | T-Mobile Arena (8,619) Paradise, NV |
| Mar 8, 2018 2:30 pm, P12N | (5) | vs. (4) UCLA Quarterfinals | L 77–88 | 18–15 | T-Mobile Arena (15,182) Paradise, NV |
| NIT ||||||
| Mar 14, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPNU | (3) | (6) BYU First Round – USC Bracket | W 86–83 | 19–15 | Maples Pavilion (1,839) Stanford, CA |
| Mar 19, 2018* 4:00 pm, ESPNU | (3) | at (2) Oklahoma State Second Round – USC Bracket | L 65–71 | 19–16 | Gallagher-Iba Arena (9,635) Stillwater, OK |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time. ||||||
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