2014–15 Stanford Cardinal men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2014–15 Stanford Cardinal Stanford Cardinal logo.svg 100 Pac-12 Conference Pac-12 Conference men's basketball Pac-12 24–13 9–9 Johnny Dawkins 7th Tim O'Toole Charles Payne Mike Schrage Maples Pavilion NIT Champions The 2014–15 Stanford Cardinal men's basketball team represented Stanford University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cardinal, led by seventh year head coach Johnny Dawkins, played their home games at Maples Pavilion and were members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 24–13, 9–9 in Pac-12 play to finish in a tie for fifth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 tournament where they lost to Utah. They were invited to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated UC Davis, Rhode Island, Vanderbilt, Old Dominion, and Miami (FL) to become NIT Champions. It was Stanford's second NIT Championship in four years. Previous season The 2013–14 Stanford Cardinal finished the season with an overall record of 23–13, and 10–8 in the Pac-12 to finish in a five-way tie for third place. In the 2014 Pac-12 tournament, the team defeated Washington State and Arizona State before losing to UCLA, 84–59 in the semifinals. The Cardinal received an at-large bid to the 2014 NCAA tournament as a #10 seed in the South Region. The Cardinal made it to the Sweet 16 by defeating #7 seed New Mexico and #2 seed Kansas, before losing to #11 seed Dayton 82–72. Off-season Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Andy Brown 11 F 6’7” 215 RS Senior Yorba Linda, California Graduated. Aaron Bright 2 PG 5’11” 178 Senior Bellevue, Washington Graduate transfer to St. Mary’s. John Gage 40 PF 6’10” 225 Senior Vashon Island, Washington Graduated. Josh Huestis 24 F 6’7” 230 Senior Great Falls, Montana Graduated/2014 NBA draft Robbie Lemons 10 G 6’3” 205 Senior Carmichael, California Graduated Dwight Powell 33 PF 6’10” 240 Senior Toronto, Ontario Graduated/2014 NBA draft 2014 recruiting class thumb|Reid Travis shooting over Karl-Anthony Towns in the 2014 McDonald's All-American Boys Game no no Robert Cartwright PG La Canada, CA Flintridge Prep 6 2 165 09/04/2013 4 4 3 4 Michael Humphrey PF Phoenix, AZ Sunnyslope HS 6 10 200 10/30/2013 4 4 4 4 Reid Travis PF Minneapolis, MN De La Salle HS 6 8 240 11/08/2013 4 4 4 5 Dorian Pickens SG Cave Creek, AZ Pinnacle HS 6 4 190 11/20/2013 3 3 3 4 2014 2014 Stanford Basketball Commitment List 2014 Stanford Basketball Recruiting Commits 2014 Stanford Basketball Commits stanford 18 24 #15 #13 #13 March 30, 2014 yes Roster 2014 Stanford Cardinal y yes Christian Sanders 1 G 6 4 185 SO y Houston, Texas St. Thomas HS Robert Cartwright 2 G 6 2 170 FR Pasadena, California Flintridge Prep Malcolm Allen 3 G 6 1 180 SO Las Vegas, Nevada Centennial HS Stefan Nastić y 4 C 6 11 245 SR y Thornhill, Ontario Thornhill Secondary School Chasson Randle y 5 G 6 2 185 SR Rock Island, Illinois Rock Island HS Michael Humphrey 10 F 6 9 218 FR Phoenix, Arizona Sunnyslope HS Dorain Pickens 11 F/G 6 5 210 FR Phoenix, Arizona Pinnacle HS Jack Ryan 14 F/G 6 8 210 SR Glenview, Illinois Glenbrook South HS W Marcus Allen 15 G 6 3 190 SO Las Vegas, Nevada Centennial HS Wade Morgan 20 G 6 1 175 SR South Orange, New Jersey Delbarton School W Anthony Brown basketball y 21 F/G 6 6 215 SR y Fountain Valley, California Ocean View HS Reid Travis y 22 F 6 8 245 FR Minneapolis, Minnesota DeLaSalle HS Rosco Allen y 25 F 6 9 220 JR Budapest, Hungary Bishop Gorman HS Grant Verhoeven 30 C 6 9 245 JR Hanford, California Central Valley Christian HS Elliott Bullock 40 C/F 6 10 235 SR y Salt Lake City, Utah Olympus HS Nick Davidson 42 C/F 6 7 288 JR Eden Prairie, Minnesota Eden Prairie HS Johnny Dawkins (Duke) Tim O'Toole (Fairfield) Charles Payne (Florida International) Mike Schrage (Indiana) http://www.gostanford.com/SportSelect.dbml?SPID=127028&SPSID=749996 02/19/2015 Notes On December 28, 2014, Sophomore center Schuyler Rimmer announced on his Twitter that he would be transferring to Florida. Schedule yes yes |- !colspan=12 style="background:#8C1515; color:white;"| Exhibition 11/06/2014 7:00 PM yes Cal Poly Pomona Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA 3,463 79–76 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#8C1515; color:white;"| Regular season 11/14/2014 7:00 PM yes Wofford Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA Coaches vs. Cancer Classic 3,650 P12N 74–59 1–0 11/16/2014 9:00 PM yes South Dakota State Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA Coaches vs. Cancer Classic 5,025 P12N 84–73 2–0 11/21/2014 4:00 PM yes yes UNLV Barclays Center Brooklyn, NY Coaches vs. Cancer Classic Semifinals 10,135 TruTV 89–60 3–0 11/22/2014 6:30 PM yes yes Duke 4 Barclays Center Brooklyn, NY Coaches vs. Cancer Classic Championship 10,046 TruTV 59–70 3–1 11/25/2014 8:00 PM yes Delaware Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA 4,075 P12N 84–47 4–1 11/30/2014 11:30 AM yes yes DePaul Allstate Arena Rosemont, IL 5,990 FS1 72–87 4–2 12/13/2014 3:00 PM yes Denver Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA 4,018 P12N 49–43 5–2 12/17/2014 6:00 PM yes Loyola Marymount Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA 4,088 P12N 67–58 6–2 12/20/2014 8:00 pm yes yes BYU Marriott Center Provo, UT ESPNU 77–79 6–3 13,247 12/23/2014 4:00 PM yes yes Texas 9 Frank Erwin Center Austin, TX 13,661 ESPN2 74–71 OT 7–3 12/29/2014 8:00 PM yes Arkansas–Pine Bluff Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA 4,337 P12N 74–39 8–3 01/02/2015 12:00 PM Washington State Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA 4,373 P12N 71–56 9–3 1–0 01/04/2015 7:00 PM Washington 21 Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA 4,368 ESPNU 68–60 OT 10–3 2–0 01/08/2015 6:00 PM yes UCLA Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA 7,379 ESPN 81–86 2OT 10–4 2–1 01/11/2015 7:00 PM yes USC Galen Center Los Angeles, CA 3,987 ESPNU 78–76 11–4 3–1 01/14/2015 8:00 PM yes California Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA 8,819 ESPNU 69–59 12–4 4–1 01/17/2015 6:00 PM yes UConn Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA 7,104 ESPN2 72–59 13–4 01/22/2015 6:00 PM Arizona 7 Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA 6,943 ESPN2 82–89 13–5 4–2 01/24/2015 9:00 PM Arizona State Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA 4,009 ESPNU 89–70 14–5 5–2 01/28/2015 8:00 PM yes Washington Alaska Airlines Arena Seattle, WA 6,832 ESPNU 84–74 15–5 6–2 01/31/2015 5:00 PM yes Washington State Beasley Coliseum Pullman, WA 3,073 P12N 88–89 15–6 6–3 02/05/2015 6:00 PM UCLA Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA 5,298 ESPN2 67–69 15–7 6–4 02/08/2015 5:30 PM USC Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA 5,409 ESPNU 70–62 16–7 7–4 02/12/2015 6:00 PM yes Utah 11 Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, UT 15,018 P12N 59–75 16–8 7–5 02/15/2015 1:00 PM yes Colorado Coors Events Center Boulder, CO 9,138 FS1 58–64 16–9 7–6 02/21/2015 3:30 PM California Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA 6,177 P12N 72–61 17–9 8–6 02/26/2015 8:00 PM Oregon State Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA 4,012 P12N 75–48 18–9 9–6 03/01/2015 4:00 PM Oregon Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA 7,233 FS1 70–73 18–10 9–7 03/05/2015 8:00 PM yes Arizona State Wells Fargo Arena Tempe, AZ 5,345 FS1 62–67 18–11 9–8 03/07/2015 1:00 PM yes Arizona 5 McKale Center Tucson, AZ 14,655 CBS 69–91 18–12 9–9 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#8C1515;"| Pac-12 tournament 03/11/2015 8:30 PM yes Washington MGM Grand Garden Arena Paradise, NV First round 9,875 P12N 71–69 19–12 03/12/2015 8:30 PM yes Utah 17 MGM Grand Garden Arena Paradise, NV Quarterfinals 12,916 ESPN 56–80 19–13 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#8C1515;"| NIT 03/17/2015 8:00 pm yes (2) (7) UC Davis Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA First round ESPN2 77–64 20–13 1,436 03/22/2015 6:30 pm yes (2) (3) Rhode Island Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA Second round ESPNU 74–65 21–13 1,235 03/24/2015 6:00 pm yes (2) (5) Vanderbilt Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA Quarterfinals ESPN 78–75 22–13 1,546 03/31/2015 6:30 pm yes yes (2) (1) Old Dominion Madison Square Garden New York, NY Semifinals ESPN 67–60 23–13 7,185 04/01/2015 6:00 pm yes yes (2) (2) Miami (FL) Madison Square Garden New York, NY Championship game ESPN 66–64 OT 24–13 6,600 Pacific Time. 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