2019–20 Stanford Cardinal men's basketball team

2019–20 Stanford Cardinal men's basketball
2019–20 Stanford Cardinal men's basketball
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Record	20–12 (9–9 Pac-12)
Head coach	Jerod Haase (4th season);
Assistant coaches	Jeff Wulbrun; Adam Cohen; Jesse Pruitt;
Home arena	Maples Pavilion
	Seasons ← 2018–19 2020–21 →

2019–20 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 13 Oregon	13	–	5	.722	24	–	7	.774
UCLA	12	–	6	.667	19	–	12	.613
USC	11	–	7	.611	22	–	9	.710
Arizona State	11	–	7	.611	20	–	11	.645
Arizona	10	–	8	.556	21	–	11	.656
Colorado	10	–	8	.556	21	–	11	.656
Stanford	9	–	9	.500	20	–	12	.625
Oregon State	7	–	11	.389	18	–	13	.581
Utah	7	–	11	.389	16	–	15	.516
California	7	–	11	.389	14	–	18	.438
Washington State	6	–	12	.333	16	–	16	.500
Washington	5	–	13	.278	15	–	17	.469
Note: The 2020 Pac-12 Tournament was canceled prior to the quarterfinals due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Rankings from AP poll

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[edit]

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[edit]

Departures[edit]

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.^[1]
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[edit]

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
Tyrell Terry PG	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
Spencer Jones SF	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
James Keefe SF	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[edit]

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
Max Murrell PF	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A 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
Brandon Angel SF	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A 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
Noah Taitz SG	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A 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
Ziaire Williams SF	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A 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
Michael O'Connell PG	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A 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[edit]

2019–20 Stanford Cardinal men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	1	Daejon Davis	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Jr	Garfield	Seattle, WA
G	2	Bryce Wills	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	So	Iona Preparatory School	White Plains, NY
G	3	Tyrell Terry	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	Fr	DeLaSalle	Minneapolis, MN
G	4	Isaac White	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Jr	Sacred Heart College	Adelaide, Australia
F	5	Kodye Pugh	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	RS Jr	Blair Academy	Baltimore, MD
F	11	Jaiden Delaire	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	So	Loomis Chaffee School	North Granby, CT
C	12	Keenan Fitzmorris	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	RS Fr	New Hampton School	Overland Park, KS
F	13	Oscar da Silva	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Jr	Ludwig Gymnasium	Munich, Germany
F	14	Spencer Jones	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Fr	Bishop Miege	Roeland Park, KS
G	15	Rodney Herenton	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Sr	Stevenson	Chicago, IL
G	21	Daniel Begovich (W)	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Jr	St. Ignatius College Prep	San Francisco, CA
F	22	James Keefe	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Fr	Loyola	Los Angeles, CA
F	23	Neal Begovich (W)	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Fr	St. Ignatius College Prep	San Francisco, CA
G	24	Sam Beskind	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	193 lb (88 kg)	RS Fr	Catalina Foothills	Tucson, AZ
C	32	Lukas Kišūnas	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	So	Brewster Academy	Vilnius, Lithuania

Head coach

Jerod Haase (Kansas)

Assistant coach(es)

Jeff Wulbrun (Cal State Fullerton)
Adam Cohen (Arizona)
Jesse Pruitt (UC Davis)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Kodye Pugh will miss the entire 2019–20 season due to injury received on August 25 against SAM Basket Massagno.^[2]
Trevor Stanback has retired from basketball, but will remain with the team as a student assistant coach.^[3]

Schedule and results[edit]

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 ^[4]					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:^[5]

Ranking movement[edit]

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
	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.

References[edit]

^ "My Next Step". gostanford.com.
^ "Pugh Out for Season". Stanford University Athletics.
^ "New Role for Stanback". Stanford University Athletics.
^ "Exhibition Cancelled". Stanford University Athletics.
^ "2019-20 Men's Basketball Schedule". Stanford University Athletics.

[1] "My Next Step". gostanford.com.

[2] "Pugh Out for Season". Stanford University Athletics.

[3] "New Role for Stanback". Stanford University Athletics.

[4] "Exhibition Cancelled". Stanford University Athletics.

[5] "2019-20 Men's Basketball Schedule". Stanford University Athletics.

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