1941–42 Stanford Indians men's basketball team

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.^[1][2]

1941–42 Stanford Indians men's basketball
NCAA tournament National champions PCC Champions
National Championship Game, W 53–38 vs. Dartmouth
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
Record	28–4 (11–1 PCC)
Head coach	Everett Dean (4th season)
Seasons ← 1940–41 1942–43 →

1941–42 Pacific Coast Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
North
Oregon State	11	–	5		.688			18	–	9		.667
Washington	10	–	6		.625			18	–	7		.720
Washington State	9	–	7		.563			21	–	8		.724
Oregon	7	–	9		.438			12	–	15		.444
Idaho	3	–	13		.188			12	–	16		.429
South
Stanford †	11	–	1		.917			28	–	4		.875
USC	7	–	5		.583			12	–	8		.600
California	4	–	8		.333			11	–	19		.367
UCLA	2	–	10		.167			5	–	18		.217
† Conference playoff series winner

NCAA basketball tournament

• West
  • Stanford 53, Rice 47
• Final Four
  • Stanford 46, Colorado 35
  • Stanford 53, Dartmouth 38

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Awards and honors

• Howie Dallmar, NCAA Men's MOP Award^[4]