Stanford Cardinal women's basketball

Stanford Cardinal women's basketball
Stanford Cardinal women's basketball
	2024–25 Stanford Cardinal women's basketball team
University	Stanford University
First season	1974–75; 50 years ago
Athletic director	Bernard Muir
Head coach	Kate Paye (1st season)
Conference	ACC
Location	Stanford, California
Arena	Maples Pavilion ; (capacity: 7,233)
Nickname	Cardinal
Student section	The Red Zone
Colors	Cardinal and white;
Uniforms
Home	Away ;
NCAA tournament champions
	1990, 1992, 2021
NCAA tournament runner-up
	2008, 2010
NCAA tournament Final Four
	1990, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2017, 2021, 2022
NCAA tournament Elite Eight
	1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022
NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen
	1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2024
NCAA tournament round of 32
	1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
NCAA tournament appearances
	1982, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Conference tournament champions
	2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022
Conference regular season champions
	1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

The Stanford Cardinal women's basketball team represents Stanford University, located in Stanford, California. The school's team currently competes in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Cardinal are led by first-year head coach Kate Paye, who previously served as the associate head coach under Tara VanDerveer, the all-time winningest coach in college basketball history before her retirement in 2024. The Cardinal won national championships in 1990, 1992 and 2021, and were runners-up in 2008 and 2010.

Season-by-season results

Statistics overview
Season	Coach	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Gay Coburn (NCIAC) (1974–1976)
1974–75	Gay Coburn	8–3		—	—
1975–76	Gay Coburn	10–7		—	—
Coburn:		18–10
Dotty McCrea (NCIAC/NCAC/WCAA) (1976–1985)
1976–77	Dotty McCrea	8–11		—	—
1977–78	Dotty McCrea	17–12		—	AIAW Regional
1978–79	Dotty McCrea	20–6	7–5	4	AIAW Regional
1979–80	Dotty McCrea	17–14	7–5	T–3rd	AIAW Regional
1980–81	Dotty McCrea	15–16	5–7	5	—
1981–82	Dotty McCrea	19–8	9–3	2	NCAA first round
1982–83	Dotty McCrea	19–16	5–9	5	—
1983–84	Dotty McCrea	5–23	1–13	T–7th	—
1984–85	Dotty McCrea	9–19	2–12	7th	—
MacCrea:		129–125
Tara VanDerveer (Pac-West/Pac-10) (1985–1995)
1985–86	Tara VanDerveer	13–15	1–7	5th	—
1986–87	Tara VanDerveer	14–14	8–10	T–6th	—
1987–88	Tara VanDerveer	27–5	14–4	3rd	NCAA Sweet 16
1988–89	Tara VanDerveer	28–3	18–0	1st	NCAA Elite 8
1989–90	Tara VanDerveer	32–1	17–1	T–1st	NCAA Champions
1990–91	Tara VanDerveer	26–6	16–2	1st	NCAA Final Four
1991–92	Tara VanDerveer	30–3	15–3	1st	NCAA Champions
1992–93	Tara VanDerveer	26–6	15–3	1st	NCAA Sweet 16
1993–94	Tara VanDerveer	25–6	15–3	2nd	NCAA Elite 8
1994–95	Tara VanDerveer	30–3	17–1	1st	NCAA Final Four
VanDerveer (1st stint):		251–62
Amy Tucker/Marianne Stanley (Pac–10) (1995–1996)
1995–96	Amy Tucker/Marianne Stanley	29–3	18–0	1st	NCAA Final Four
Tucker/Stanley:		29–3
Tara VanDerveer (Pac-10/Pac-12) (1996–2024)
1996–97	Tara VanDerveer	34–2	18–0	1st	NCAA Final Four
1997–98	Tara VanDerveer	21–6	17–1	1st	NCAA 1st round
1998–99	Tara VanDerveer	18–12	14–4	3rd	NCAA 1st round
1999–2000	Tara VanDerveer	21–9	13–5	T–2nd	NCAA 2nd round
2000–01	Tara VanDerveer	19–11	12–6	T–1st	NCAA 2nd round
2001–02	Tara VanDerveer	32–3	18–0	1st	NCAA Sweet 16
2002–03	Tara VanDerveer	27–5	15–3	1st	NCAA 2nd round
2003–04	Tara VanDerveer	27–7	14–4	T–1st	NCAA Elite 8
2004–05	Tara VanDerveer	32–3	17–1	1st	NCAA Elite 8
2005–06	Tara VanDerveer	26–8	15–3	1st	NCAA Elite 8
2006–07	Tara VanDerveer	29–5	17–1	1st	NCAA 2nd round
2007–08	Tara VanDerveer	35–4	16–2	1st	NCAA Runner–up
2008–09	Tara VanDerveer	33–5	17–1	1st	NCAA Final Four
2009–10	Tara VanDerveer	36–2	18–0	1st	NCAA Runner–up
2010–11	Tara VanDerveer	33–3	18–0	1st	NCAA Final Four
2011–12	Tara VanDerveer	35–2	18–0	1st	NCAA Final Four
2012–13	Tara VanDerveer	33–3	17–1	1st	NCAA Sweet 16
2013–14	Tara VanDerveer	33–4	17–1	1st	NCAA Final Four
2014–15	Tara VanDerveer	26–10	13–5	3rd	NCAA Sweet 16
2015–16	Tara VanDerveer	27–8	14–4	T–3rd	NCAA Elite 8
2016–17	Tara VanDerveer	32–6	15–3	2nd	NCAA Final Four
2017–18	Tara VanDerveer	24–11	14–3	2nd	NCAA Sweet 16
2018–19	Tara VanDerveer	31–5	15–3	2nd	NCAA Elite 8
2019–20	Tara VanDerveer	27–6	14–4	T-2nd	Postseason canceled due to Coronavirus pandemic
2020–21	Tara VanDerveer	31–2	19–2	1st	NCAA Champions
2021–22	Tara VanDerveer	32–4	16–0	1st	NCAA Final Four
2022–23	Tara VanDerveer	29–6	15–3	T–1st	NCAA Second Round
2023–24	Tara VanDerveer	30–6	13–3	1st	NCAA Sweet Sixteen
VanDerveer (2nd stint):		805–157
VanDerveer (Total):		1,057–219
Kate Paye (ACC) (2024–present)
2024–25	Kate Paye	7–2	0–0
Paye:		7–2 (.778)	0–0 (–)
Total:		1,240–359 (.775)
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

NCAA tournament results

Year	Seed	Round	Opponent	Result
1982	#7	First Round	#2 Maryland	L 48−82
1988	#5	Second Round Sweet Sixteen	#4 Montana #1 Texas	W 74−72 (OT) L 58−79
1989	#2	Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight	#7 Illinois State #3 Iowa #1 Louisiana Tech	W 105−77 W 98−74 L 75–85
1990	#1	Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four National Championship	#9 Hawaii #5 Ole Miss #7 Arkansas #2 Virginia #2 Auburn	W 106−76 W 78−65 W 114–87 W 75–66 W 88–81
1991	#2	Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four	#7 Cal State Fullerton #3 Washington #1 Georgia #1 Tennessee	W 91−67 W 73−47 W 75–67 L 60–68
1992	#1	Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four National Championship	#9 UC Santa Barbara #4 Texas Tech #3 USC #1 Virginia #4 Western Kentucky	W 82−73 W 75−63 W 82–62 W 66–65 W 78–62
1993	#1	Second Round Sweet Sixteen	#8 Georgia #4 Colorado	W 93−60 L 67−80
1994	#2	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight	#15 Wisconsin–Green Bay #7 Montana #3 Colorado #1 Purdue	W 81−56 W 66−62 W 78–62 L 65–82
1995	#2	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four	#15 UC Irvine #10 SMU #3 North Carolina #4 Purdue #1 Connecticut	W 88−55 W 95−73 W 81–71 W69–58 L 60–87
1996	#1	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four	#16 Grambling State #8 Colorado State #4 Alabama #6 Auburn #2 Georgia	W 82−43 W 94−63 W 78–76 W71–57 L 76–86
1997	#1	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four	#16 Howard #8 Texas Tech #4 Virginia #2 Georgia #1 Old Dominion	W 111−59 W 67−45 W 91–69 W 82–47 L 82–83
1998	#1	First Round	#16 Harvard	L 67−71
1999	#7	First Round	#10 Maine	L 58−60
2000	#9	First Round Second Round	#8 Michigan #1 Georgia	W 71−64 (OT) L 64–83
2001	#10	First Round Second Round	#7 George Washington #2 Oklahoma	W 76−51 L 50–67
2002	#2	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen	#15 Weber State #10 Tulane #3 Colorado	W 76−51 W 77–55 L 59–62
2003	#3	First Round Second Round	#14 Western Michigan #6 Minnesota	W 82−66 L 56–68
2004	#6	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight	#11 Missouri #3 Oklahoma #2 Vanderbilt #1 Tennessee	W 68−44 W 68−43 W 57–55 L 60–62
2005	#2	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight	#15 Santa Clara #10 Utah #3 Connecticut #1 Michigan State	W 94−57 W 88−62 W 76–59 L 69–76
2006	#3	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight	#14 SE Missouri #6 Florida State #2 Oklahoma #1 LSU	W 72−45 W 88−70 W 88–74 L 59–62
2007	#2	First Round Second Round	#15 Idaho State #10 Florida State	W 96−58 L 61–68
2008	#2	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four National Championship	#15 Cleveland State #7 UTEP #6 Pittsburgh #1 Maryland #1 Connecticut #1 Tennessee	W 85−47 W 88−54 W 72–53 W 98–87 W 82–73 L 48–64
2009	#2	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four	#15 UC Santa Barbara #10 San Diego State #3 Ohio State #4 Iowa State #1 Connecticut	W 74−39 W 77−49 W 84–66 W74–53 L 64–83
2010	#1	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four National Championship	#16 UC Riverside #8 Iowa #5 Georgia #3 Xavier #3 Oklahoma #1 Connecticut	W 79−47 W 96−67 W 73–36 W 55–53 W 73–66 L 47–53
2011	#1	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four	#16 UC Davis #9 St. John's #5 North Carolina #11 Gonzaga #2 Texas A&M	W 86−59 W 75−49 W 72–65 W 83–60 L 62–63
2012	#1	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four	#16 Hampton #8 West Virginia #5 South Carolina #2 Duke #1 Baylor	W 73−51 W 72−55 W 76–60 W 81–69 L 47–59
2013	#1	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen	#16 Tulsa #8 Michigan #4 Georgia	W 72−56 W 73−40 L 59–61
2014	#2	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four	#15 South Dakota #10 Florida State #3 Penn State #4 North Carolina #1 Connecticut	W 81−62 W 63−44 W 82–57 W 74–65 L 56–75
2015	#4	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen	#13 Cal State Northridge #5 Oklahoma #1 Notre Dame	W 73−60 W 86−76 L 60–81
2016	#4	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight	#13 San Francisco #12 South Dakota State #1 Notre Dame #7 Washington	W 85−58 W 66−65 W 90–84 L 76–85
2017	#2	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four	#15 New Mexico State #7 Kansas State #3 Texas #1 Notre Dame #1 South Carolina	W 72−64 W 69−48 W 77–66 W 76–75 L 53–62
2018	#4	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen	#13 Gonzaga #12 Florida Gulf Coast #1 Louisville	W 82−68 W 90−70 L 59–86
2019	#2	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight	#15 UC Davis #7 BYU #11 Missouri State #1 Notre Dame	W 79−54 W 72−63 W 55–46 L 68–84
2021	#1	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four National Championship	#16 Utah Valley #8 Oklahoma State #5 Missouri State #2 Louisville #1 South Carolina #3 Arizona	W 87−44 W 73−62 W 89−62 W 78−63 W 66−65 W 54–53
2022	#1	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four	#16 Montana State #8 Kansas #4 Maryland #2 Texas #2 UConn	W 78–37 W 91–65 W 72–66 W 59–50 L 58–63
2023	#1	First Round Second Round	#16 Sacred Heart #8 Ole Miss	W 92–49 L 49–54
2024	#2	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen	#15 Norfolk State #7 Iowa State #3 NC State	W 79–50 W 87–81 (OT) L 67–77

Notable players

Individual achievements

Lexie Lauren Hull

School records

WNBA success

References

^ "Stanford Identity Toolkit: Color". Retrieved May 7, 2017.

External links

Official website

[1] "Stanford Identity Toolkit: Color". Retrieved May 7, 2017.

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v t e Stanford Cardinal women's basketball
Venues	Maples Pavilion (1974–present)
Rivalries	Tennessee UConn
Culture & lore	Stanford Tree "Come Join the Band" Harvard upset
People	Head coaches WNBA draftees
Seasons	1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
NCAA championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearance in italics

v t e Atlantic Coast Conference women's basketball
Current teams	Boston College Eagles California Golden Bears Clemson Tigers Duke Blue Devils Florida State Seminoles Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Louisville Cardinals Miami Hurricanes NC State Wolfpack North Carolina Tar Heels Notre Dame Fighting Irish Pittsburgh Panthers SMU Mustangs Stanford Cardinal Syracuse Orange Virginia Cavaliers Virginia Tech Hokies Wake Forest Demon Deacons
Championships & awards	Regular season champions ACC women's basketball tournament Player of the Year
Conference challenges	ACC–SEC Challenge (2023–present) ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge (2007–2022)
Seasons	1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25