# 2019–20 Stanford Cardinal men's basketball team

The 2019–20 Stanford Cardinal men's basketball team represented Stanford University during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cardinal were led by fourth-year head coach Jerod Haase and played their home games at Maples Pavilion as a member of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 20–12, 9–9 in Pac-12 play to finish in seventh place. They lost in the first round of the Pac-12 tournament to California.

## Previous season

The Cardinal finished the 2018–19 season 15–16, 8–10 in Pac-12 play to finish in a three-way tie for eighth place, losing the tie-breakers against Arizona and USC ultimately finishing in tenth place. They lost in the first round of the Pac-12 tournament to the seven seed UCLA 79–72, finishing their year.

## Offseason
### Departures

| Name | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for Departure |
| Josh Sharma | C | 7'0" | 230 | Senior | Lexington, MA | Graduated |
| KZ Okpala | F | 6'8" | 215 | Sophomore | Placentia, CA | Declared for the NBA draft; selected 32nd overall by the Phoenix Suns. |
| Marcus Sheffield | G/F | 6'5" | 180 | RS Junior | Alpharetta, GA | Graduate transferred to Elon |
| Trevor Stanback | C | 6'11" | 225 | RS Junior | Pasadena, CA | Retired, assumed position as student assistant coach |
| Cormac Ryan | G | 6'5" | 190 | Freshman | New York City, NY | Transferred to Notre Dame |

### 2019 recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date |
| Tyrell Terry PG | Minneapolis, MN | DeLaSalle (MN) | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | 180 lb (82 kg) | Jun 10, 2018 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ||||||
| Spencer Jones SF | Roeland Park, KS | Bishop Miege (KS) | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | 195 lb (88 kg) | May 16, 2019 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: N/A ||||||
| James Keefe SF | Los Angeles, CA | Loyola (CA) | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) | 210 lb (95 kg) | Oct 17, 2018 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: N/A ||||||
| 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: "2019 Stanford Commits". Rivals.com. "2019 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. ||||||

### 2020 Recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for 2020 recruits :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date |
| Max Murrell PF | Omaha, NE | Millard North (NE) | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) | 195 lb (88 kg) | Sep 9, 2019 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 79 |||||||
| Brandon Angel SF | San Diego, CA | Torrey Pines (CA) | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | 200 lb (91 kg) | Sep 30, 2019 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 75 |||||||
| Noah Taitz SG | Las Vegas, NV | Bishop Gorman (NV) | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | 175 lb (79 kg) | Oct 5, 2019 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 81 |||||||
| Ziaire Williams SF | Lancaster, CA | Sierra Canyon (CA) | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | 180 lb (82 kg) | Apr 12, 2020 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 95 |||||||
| Michael O'Connell PG | Mineola, NY | Blair Academy (NJ) | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | 175 lb (79 kg) | Jun 1, 2020 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: 247Sports: |||||||
| Overall recruiting rankings: Rivals: 15 247Sports: 11 ESPN: 10 |||||||
| 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: "Stanford 2020 Basketball Commitments". Rivals.com. Retrieved November 6, 2020. "2020 Stanford Cardinal Recruiting Class". ESPN.com. Retrieved November 6, 2020. "2020 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved November 6, 2020. |||||||

## Roster

* Kodye Pugh will miss the entire 2019–20 season due to injury received on August 25 against SAM Basket Massagno.
* Trevor Stanback has retired from basketball, but will remain with the team as a student assistant coach.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition |||||||||
| November 1, 2019* 7:00 pm | | Sonoma State | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA |
| Non-conference regular season |||||||||
| November 6, 2019* 7:00 pm, P12N | | Montana | W 73–62 | 1–0 | 21 – da Silva | 4 – Tied | 4 – Tied | Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA |
| November 9, 2019* 8:00 pm, P12N | | Cal State Fullerton | W 70–54 | 2–0 | 14 – Tied | 7 – Wills | 5 – Wills | Maples Pavilion (2,756) Stanford, CA |
| November 12, 2019* 6:00 pm, P12N | | Long Beach State | W 86–58 | 3–0 | 14 – Tied | 7 – Tied | 6 – Terry | Maples Pavilion (2,558) Stanford, CA |
| November 16, 2019* 7:00 pm, P12N | | Santa Clara | W 82–64 | 4–0 | 21 – Terry | 10 – Tied | 4 – da Silva | Maples Pavilion (3,491) Stanford, CA |
| November 19, 2019* 7:00 pm, P12N | | Maryland Eastern Shore Hall of Fame Classic campus-site game | W 76–55 | 5–0 | 21 – Delaire | 6 – Wills | 4 – Davis | Maples Pavilion (2,173) Stanford, CA |
| November 22, 2019* 7:00 pm, P12N | | William & Mary Hall of Fame Classic campus-site game | W 81–50 | 6–0 | 21 – Terry | 10 – Terry | 4 – Davis | Maples Pavilion (2,502) Stanford, CA |
| November 25, 2019* 6:30 pm, ESPN2 | | vs. Oklahoma Hall of Fame Classic semifinals | W 73–54 | 7–0 | 20 – Terry | 11 – Tied | 4 – Davis | Sprint Center (8,963) Kansas City, MO |
| November 26, 2019* 6:30 pm, ESPN2 | | vs. Butler Hall of Fame Classic championship | L 67–68 | 7–1 | 21 – Terry | 4 – Terry | 6 – Davis | Sprint Center (8,506) Kansas City, MO |
| December 1, 2019* 1:00 pm, P12N | | UNC Wilmington | W 72–54 | 8–1 | 26 – da Silva | 7 – Jones | 5 – Tied | Maples Pavilion (3,298) Stanford, CA |
| December 14, 2019* 4:00 pm, CBSSN | | at San Jose State | W 78–58 | 9–1 | 25 – da Silva | 8 – Tied | 5 – Terry | Provident Credit Union Event Center (2,898) San Jose, CA |
| December 17, 2019* 6:00 pm, P12N | | San Francisco | W 64–56 | 10–1 | 18 – Tied | 5 – Tied | 4 – Davis | Maples Pavilion (3,303) Stanford, CA |
| December 21, 2019* 12:00 pm, P12N | | vs. San Diego Al Attles Classic | W 62–59 | 11–1 | 20 – Terry | 11 – da Silva | 4 – Davis | Chase Center (3,586) San Francisco, CA |
| December 29, 2019* 12:00 pm, ABC | | No. 5 Kansas | L 56–72 | 11–2 | 19 – da Silva | 4 – Tied | 3 – Tied | Maples Pavilion (6,582) Stanford, CA |
| Pac-12 Regular season |||||||||
| January 2, 2020 8:00 pm, ESPN2 | | California | W 68–52 | 12–2 (1–0) | 20 – Davis | 6 – Davis | 5 – Davis | Maples Pavilion (3,691) Stanford, CA |
| January 9, 2020 6:00 pm, FS1 | | Washington | W 61–55 | 13–2 (2–0) | 14 – Jones | 9 – Terry | 6 – Terry | Maples Pavilion (5,328) Stanford, CA |
| January 11, 2020 3:00 pm, P12N | | Washington State | W 88–62 | 14–2 (3–0) | 22 – Terry | 6 – Terry | 5 – Wills | Maples Pavilion (3,526) Stanford, CA |
| January 15, 2020 7:00 pm, P12N | | at UCLA | W 74–59 | 15–2 (4–0) | 24 – Terry | 6 – Wills | 5 – Davis | Pauley Pavilion (5,148) Los Angeles, CA |
| January 18, 2020 3:30 pm, P12N | | at USC | L 78–82 $^{OT}$ | 15–3 (4–1) | 21 – da Silva | 9 – da Silva | 6 – Terry | Galen Center (5,017) Los Angeles, CA |
| January 26, 2020 3:00 pm, ESPNU | | at California | L 50–52 | 15–4 (4–2) | 13 – da Silva | 7 – da Silva | 2 – Davis | Haas Pavilion (9,168) Berkeley, CA |
| January 30, 2020 8:00 pm, P12N | | Oregon State | L 63–68 | 15–5 (4–3) | 22 – da Silva | 8 – da Silva | 4 – Davis | Maples Pavilion (2,820) Stanford, CA |
| February 1, 2020 3:00 pm, P12N | | No. 11 Oregon | W 70–60 | 16–5 (5–3) | 27 – da Silva | 15 – da Silva | 3 – Tied | Maples Pavilion (5,523) Stanford, CA |
| February 6, 2020 7:00 pm, P12N | | at Utah | L 56–64 | 16–6 (5–4) | 14 – Terry | 11 – da Silva | 2 – Tied | Jon M. Huntsman Center (10,049) Salt Lake City, UT |
| February 8, 2020 3:00 pm, P12N | | at No. 24 Colorado | L 74–81 | 16–7 (5–5) | 19 – Delaire | 6 – Kisunas | 3 – Davis | CU Events Center (10,930) Boulder, CO |
| February 13, 2020 8:00 pm, ESPN2 | | Arizona State | L 69–74 | 16–8 (5–6) | 24 – Terry | 4 – Tied | 4 – Davis | Maples Pavilion (3,312) Stanford, CA |
| February 15, 2020 5:00 pm, P12N | | Arizona | L 60–69 | 16–9 (5–7) | 25 – Wills | 5 – Tied | 2 – Davis | Maples Pavilion (4,839) Stanford, CA |
| February 20, 2020 7:00 pm, P12N | | at Washington | W 72–64 | 17–9 (6–7) | 16 – da Silva | 9 – da Silva | 4 – Terry | Alaska Airlines Arena (8,622) Seattle, WA |
| February 23, 2020 5:00 pm, ESPNU | | at Washington State | W 75–57 | 18–9 (7–7) | 19 – da Silva | 10 – da Silva | 5 – Terry | Beasley Coliseum (3,618) Pullman, WA |
| February 26, 2020 7:00 pm, P12N | | Utah | W 70–62 | 19–9 (8–7) | 27 – Terry | 7 – da Silva | 4 – Davis | Maples Pavilion (2,978) Stanford, CA |
| March 1, 2020 3:00 pm, ESPNU | | No. 21 Colorado | W 72–64 | 20–9 (9–7) | 19 – Wills | 5 – Tied | 5 – Davis | Maples Pavilion (7,123) Stanford, CA |
| March 5, 2020 6:00 pm, P12N | | at Oregon State | L 65–68 | 20–10 (9–8) | 16 – Willis | 10 – Terry | 5 – Tied | Gill Coliseum (3,718) Corvallis, OR |
| March 7, 2020 8:00 pm, FS1 | | at No. 13 Oregon | L 67–80 | 20–11 (9–9) | 18 – da Silva | 7 – da Silva | 7 – Davis | Matthew Knight Arena (10,862) Eugene, OR |
| Pac-12 tournament |||||||||
| March 11, 2020 6:00 pm, P12N | (7) | vs. (10) California First round | L 51–63 | 20–12 | 16 – Davis | 7 – da Silva | 3 – Davis | T-Mobile Arena (7,452) Paradise, NV |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time. |||||||||
Source:

## Ranking movement

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | Final |
| AP | — | — | — | — | — | — | RV | RV | RV | — | RV | RV | — | RV | — | — | — | RV | — | | Not released |
| Coaches | — | — | — | — | RV | RV | RV | RV | — | — | 25 | RV | RV | RV | — | — | — | RV | RV | | |
*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings. ^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll.