# 2003–04 Stanford Cardinal men's basketball team

The 2003–04 Stanford Cardinal men's basketball team represented Stanford University in the 2003–04 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was Head Coach Mike Montgomery's eighteenth and final season with the Cardinal. The Cardinal were a member of the Pacific-10 Conference and were the Pac-10 regular season champions as well as the Pac-10 Tournament champions.

## Roster

| Number | Name | Position | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown |
| 0 | Joe Kirchofer | Forward | 6'9" | 250 | Senior | Elk Grove, CA |
| 1 | Josh Childress | Forward | 6'8" | 210 | Junior | Lakewood, CA |
| 2 | Mark Bradford | Guard | 6'2" | 205 | Freshman | Los Angeles, CA |
| 3 | Carlton Weatherby | Guard | 6'1" | 180 | Sophomore | Tacoma, WA |
| 11 | Chris Hernandez | Guard | 6'2" | 190 | Sophomore | Fresno, CA |
| 15 | Evan Moore | Forward | 6'7" | 235 | Freshman | Brea, CA |
| 20 | Dan Grunfeld | Forward | 6'6" | 220 | Sophomore | River Hills, WI |
| 21 | Nick Robinson | Forward | 6'6" | 205 | Junior | Liberty, MO |
| 22 | Justin Davis | Forward | 6'9" | 230 | Senior | Berkeley, CA |
| 32 | Jason Haas | Guard | 6'2" | 190 | Sophomore | Spring Mills, PA |
| 33 | Matt Lottich | Guard | 6'4" | 205 | Senior | Winnetka, IL |
| 42 | Rob Little | Center | 6'10" | 260 | Junior | Hampton, VA |
| 44 | Fred Washington | Forward | 6'5" | 215 | Freshman | Los Angeles, CA |
| 52 | Matt Haryasz | Forward | 6'10" | 230 | Sophomore | Page, AZ |

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| Nov 16, 2003* 5:00 pm | | Team Nike | W 117–78 | – | Maples Pavilion (N/A) Stanford, CA |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| Nov 22, 2003* 7:00 pm | No. 20 | Sacramento State | W 77–59 | 1–0 | Maples Pavilion (4,514) Stanford, CA |
| Nov 12, 2003* 7:00 pm | No. 20 | UC Irvine | W 72–59 | 2–0 | Bren Events Center (5,000) Irvine, CA |
| Nov 30, 2003* 1:30 pm | No. 20 | Rice | W 60–56 | 3–0 | Tudor Fieldhouse (5,000) Houston, TX |
| Dec 6, 2003* 3:00 pm | No. 21 | vs. No. 1 Kansas Wooden Classic | W 64–58 | 4–0 | Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim (17,816) Anaheim, CA |
| Dec 13, 2003* 3:00 pm | No. 13 | UNLV | W 86–71 | 5–0 | Maples Pavilion (6,007) Stanford, CA |
| Dec 15, 2003* 7:00 pm | No. 9 | Florida International | W 77–60 | 6–0 | Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA |
| Dec 20, 2003* 6:00 PM | No. 9 | vs. No. 13 Gonzaga Pete Newell Challenge | W 87–80 | 7–0 | Oakland Arena (12,066) Oakland, CA |
| Dec 22, 2003* 7:00 PM | No. 6 | Southern Utah | W 67–37 | 8–0 | Maples Pavilion (4,750) Stanford, CA |
| Dec 28, 2003* 5:00 PM | No. 6 | Harvard | W 100–59 | 9–0 | Maples Pavilion (4,971) Stanford, CA |
| Pac-10 Regular season ||||||
| Jan 2, 2004 7:00 PM | No. 5 | Washington State | W 73–51 | 10–0 (1–0) | Maples Pavilion (6,071) Stanford, CA |
| Jan 4, 2004 1:00 PM | No. 5 | Washington | W 85–72 | 11–0 (2–0) | Maples Pavilion (6,101) Stanford, CA |
| Jan 8, 2004 7:30 PM | No. 4 | at Arizona State | W 63–62 | 12–0 (3–0) | Wells Fargo Arena (10,545) Tempe, AZ |
| Jan 10, 2004 3:30 PM | No. 4 | at No. 3 Arizona | W 82–72 | 13–0 (4–0) | McKale Center (14,566) Tucson, AZ |
| Jan 17, 2004 8:00 PM | No. 3 | California | W 68–61 | 14–0 (5–0) | Maples Pavilion (7,391) Stanford, CA |
| Jan 22, 2004 5:30 PM, FSN | No. 2 | UCLA | W 67-52 | 15–0 (6–0) | Maples Pavilion (7,391) Stanford, CA |
| Jan 24, 2004 7:00 PM | No. 2 | USC | W 77–67 | 16–0 (7–0) | Maples Pavilion (7,391) Stanford, CA |
| Jan 29, 2004 7:05 PM | No. 2 | at Oregon State | W 62–48 | 17–0 (8–0) | Gill Coliseum (6,851) Corvallis, OR |
| Jan 31, 2004 3:00 PM | No. 2 | at Oregon | W 83–80 | 18–0 (9–0) | Matthew Knight Arena (9,087) Eugene, OR |
| Feb 5, 2004 7:00 PM | No. 2 | Arizona State | W 81–51 | 19–0 (10–0) | Maples Pavilion (7,391) Stanford, CA |
| Feb 7, 2004 12:00 PM, ABC | No. 2 | No. 12 Arizona | W 80–77 | 20–0 (11–0) | Maples Pavilion (7,391) Stanford, CA |
| Feb 14, 2004 7:00 PM | No. 2 | at California | W 69–58 | 21–0 (12–0) | Haas Pavilion (11,877) Berkeley, CA |
| Feb 19, 2004 7:30 PM | No. 1 | at USC | W 76–67 | 22–0 (13–0) | Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena (7,539) Los Angeles, CA |
| Feb 21, 2004 1:00 PM, CBS | No. 1 | at UCLA | W 73–60 | 23–0 (14–0) | Pauley Pavilion (10,815) Los Angeles, CA |
| Feb 26, 2004 7:00 PM | No. 1 | Oregon State | W 73–47 | 24–0 (15–0) | Maples Pavilion (7,391) Stanford, CA |
| Feb 28, 2004 4:00 PM | No. 1 | Oregon | W 76–55 | 25–0 (16–0) | Maples Pavilion (7,391) Stanford, CA |
| Mar 4, 2004 7:30 PM | No. 1 | at Washington State | W 63–61 | 26–0 (17–0) | Friel Court (8,176) Pullman, WA |
| Mar 6, 2004 3:00 PM, ABC | No. 1 | at Washington | L 62–75 | 26–1 (17–1) | Alaska Airlines Arena (10,086) Seattle, WA |
| Pac-10 tournament ||||||
| Mar 11, 2004 12:20 PM | (1) No. 2 | vs. (8) Washington State First Round | W 68–47 | 27–1 | Staples Center Los Angeles, CA |
| Mar 12, 2004 6:15 PM | (1) No. 2 | vs. (5) Oregon Semifinals | W 70–63 | 28–1 | Staples Center Los Angeles, CA |
| Mar 13, 2004 3:15 PM, CBS | (1) No. 2 | vs. (2) Washington Finals | W 77–66 | 29–1 | Staples Center Los Angeles, CA |
| NCAA tournament ||||||
| Mar 18, 2004* 3:50 PM, CBS | (1 W) No. 1 | (16 W) UTSA First Round | W 71–45 | 30–1 | KeyArena (15,512) Seattle, WA |
| Mar 20, 2004* 3:40 pm, CBS | (1 W) No. 1 | (8 W) Alabama Second Round | L 67–70 | 30–2 | KeyArena (15,827) Seattle, WA |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time. ||||||
Source:

## Rankings

Stanford was ranked #17 in the preseason Coaches' Poll and #20 in the preseason AP Poll. After going undefeated after 14 games, the Cardinal climbed to #2 in both polls (behind only Duke) by the ninth week of the season, where they remained until the thirteenth week of the season when they reached #1 in both polls. The Cardinal remained there until dropping to #2 in the sixteenth week (behind undefeated St. Joseph's) after their undefeated streak of 26 games ended when they were upset by Washington. The Cardinal returned to the #1 ranking the following week (the final poll of the season) after St. Joseph's lost 87–67 to Xavier in the quarterfinals of the Atlantic 10 tournament.

## Pac-10 tournament

| First Round (March 11) | First Round (March 11) | First Round (March 11) | Semifinals (March 12) | Semifinals (March 12) | Semifinals (March 12) | Finals (March 13) | Finals (March 13) | Finals (March 13) |
| 1 | Stanford | 68 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Washington State | 47 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Washington State | 47 | 1 | Stanford | 70 | | | |
| | | | 5 | Oregon | 63 | | | |
| 4 | California | 82 | 5 | Oregon | 63 | | | |
| 5 | Oregon | 87 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Oregon | 87 | | | | 1 | Stanford | 77 |
| | | | | | | 2 | Washington | 66 |
| 3 | Arizona | 76 | | | | | | | 2 | Washington | 66 |
| 6 | USC | 73 | | | | | | |
| 6 | USC | 73 | 3 | Arizona | 85 | | | |
| | | | 2 | Washington | 90 | | | |
| 2 | Washington | 91 | 2 | Washington | 90 | | | |
| 7 | UCLA | 83 | | | | | | |

## NCAA tournament

| Round One (March 18) | Round One (March 18) | Round One (March 18) | Round Two (March 20) | Round Two (March 20) | Round Two (March 20) |
| 1 | Stanford | 71 | | | |
| 16 | Texas-San Antonio | 45 | | | |
| 16 | Texas-San Antonio | 45 | 1 | Stanford | 67 |
| | | | 8 | Alabama | 70 |
| 8 | Alabama | 65 | 8 | Alabama | 70 |
| 9 | Southern Illinois | 64 | | | |

## Awards and honors

* Mike Montgomery, Legends of Coaching Award (adopted by the John R. Wooden Award Committee)

## 2004 NBA draft

| Round | Pick | Player | NBA Team |
| 1 | 6 | Josh Childress | Atlanta Hawks |