The Cardinal were led by second year head coach Johnny Dawkins, and played their home games at Maples Pavilion as a member of the Pacific-10 Conference.

Stanford received a bid to the College Basketball Invitational as a #1 seed in the Midwest and a first round opponent of Boise State.

After the win against Boise State, Stanford hit the road and traveled to Wichita, Kansas to face the Shockers and would come out with a 70–56 victory.

With the Semifinals being reseeded, the Cardinal would face Pac-10 foe, for the fourth time in the season, Oregon State.

Stanford took Oregon State to overtime, but came up short losing by three, going 1–3 against the Beavers in the season and finishing 20–14 overall and 6–12 in conference play.