The 2010–11 Stanford Cardinal men's basketball team represented Stanford University during the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cardinal were led by third-year head coach Johnny Dawkins, and played their home games at Maples Pavilion as a member of the Pacific-10 Conference.
Previous season The Cardinal played in the Cancún Challenge and were able to reach the championship round in the Riviera division and play against #5 ranked Kentucky, but lost in overtime 73–65.
Stanford finished below .500 in conference play for the second year in a row under coach Dawkins. They finished tied for 7th in conference play with Oregon and had the tiebreaker over them, beating them twice during the season. Stanford played Arizona State in the first round and upset the #2 seed Sun Devils 70–61. In the semifinals they played #3 seed Washington but lost 79–64.
Stanford finished under .500 overall for the first time since the 1992–93 season.
Offseason Departures Stanford departuresNameNumberPos.HeightWeightYearHometownReason for departure Drew Shiller 10 G 6'0" 180 RS senior Burlingame, CA Graduated Tavita Pritchard 42 F 6'4" 210 RSs enior Tacoma, WA Graduated Landry Fields 2 G 6'7" 210 Senior Los Alamitos, CA Drafted in the 2010 NBA draft by the New York Knicks Emmanuel Igbinosa 13 G 6'2" 185 Senior Houston, TX Graduated Chris Ebersole 3 G 6'2" 180 Senior San Francisco, CA Graduated Elliott Bullock 40 F 6'10" 235 RS sophomore Salt Lake City, UT Left for a Mormon Mission Matei Daian 15 C 6'10" 240 Sophomore Bucharest, Romania Left team Peter Abraham 20 F 6'6" 200 Freshman Brea, CA Left team Da'veed Dildy 32 G 6'5" 185 RS junior Chicago, IL Transferred to Robert Morris University Illinois
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!colspan=12 style=| Exhibition
!colspan=12 style=| Regular season
!colspan=12 style=| Pac-10 tournament
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