The 1941–42 Stanford Indians (now the Cardinal) men's basketball team won their first and only NCAA basketball championship in 1942. Stanford was also retroactively named the national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation and the Premo-Porretta Power Poll. NCAA basketball tournament West Stanford 53, Rice 47 Final Four Stanford 46, Colorado 35 Stanford 53, Dartmouth 38 Awards and honors Howie Dallmar, NCAA Men's MOP Award References Stanford Stanford Cardinal men's basketball seasons NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament championship seasons NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament Final Four seasons Stanford Stanford Card Stanford Card