The 2004–05 Stanford Cardinal men's basketball team represented Stanford University in the 2004–05 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was Trent Johnson's first season with the Cardinal after Mike Montgomery left to join the NBA Golden State Warriors. The Cardinal were a member of the Pacific-10 Conference. Stanford finished with an overall record of 18–13 (11–7 Pac-10) In the NCAA Tournament they lost to Mississippi State 93–70.
Previous season The Cardinal finished the 2003–04 season 30–2 and ranked as high as #1. In Pac-10 play they finished 17–1, only losing to Washington in the last game of the regular season. The Cardinal won the Pac-10 tournament defeating Washington State, next Oregon, and in the Finals a revenge win over Washington.
After finishing the regular season and Pac-10 Tournament with only one loss, the Cardinal punched their ticket to the NCAA tournament after winning their tournament. In the NCAA Tournament they received a #1 seed in the Phoenix region facing off against the Southland Conference tournament champion UTSA. In the second round they faced Alabama but lost to them 70–67.
Roster NumberNamePositionHeightWeightYearHometown 3 Carlton Weatherby Guard 6'1" 180 Junior Tacoma, WA 10 Tim Morris Guard 6'4" 215 RS Freshman Atlanta, GA 11 Chris Hernandez Guard 6'2" 190 Junior Fresno, CA 20 Dan Grunfeld Guard 6'6" 215 Junior River Hills, WI 21 Nick Robinson Forward 6'6" 205 Senior Liberty, MO 22 Kenny Brown Guard 6'1" 190 Freshman Southlake, TX 31 Taj Finger Forward 6'8" 185 Freshman Mt. Kisco, NY 32 Jason Haas Guard 6'2" 190 Junior Spring Mills, PA 42 Rob Little Center 6'10" 260 Senior Hampton, VA 44 Fred Washington Forward 6'5" 205 Sophomore Los Angeles, CA 52 Matt Haryasz Forward 6'11" 230 Junior Page, AZ 55 Peter Prowitt Center 6'10" 250 Freshman Arlington, VA
Schedule and results
!colspan=12 style=| Exhibition
!colspan=12 style=| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=12 style=| Pac-10 Regular season
!colspan=12 style=| Pac-10 tournament
!colspan=12 style=| NCAA tournament
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