The 2024–25 Stanford Cardinal women's basketball team represented

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during the

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. The Cardinal were led by first-year head coach Kate Paye and played their home games at

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. They compete as first year members of the

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. Stanford began the season well, winning four straight games and ascending to twenty-fourth in the AP poll. While ranked twenty-fourth, they defeated

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and lost to

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. This saw them fall back out of the rankings. They won three straight games after the Indiana defeat but did not re-enter the rankings. They traveled to fifth-ranked

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for the ACC–SEC Challenge, where they lost 94–90, in

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. They followed that loss by losing their ACC opener against rival

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. They rebounded by defeating UTSA before going on a three game losing streak. This streak included a loss to eleventh ranked

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and two ACC losses to SMU and Clemson. Their first ACC win came on January 9, 2025, when the Cardinal defeated

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89–84. They continued to struggle, going 2–6 in their next eight ACC games after the loss. They defeated Wake Forest and

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. Five of the six losses during the stretch came against ranked teams. The Cardinal finished the season 5–1 while facing zero ranked opponents. Their only loss was a 89–69 defeat during this stretch was at

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. They also had close wins during this stretch, defeating

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by five points,

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by one in overtime, and defeating

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on the final day of the regular season by five points. The Cardinal finished the season 16–15 overall and 8–10 in ACC play to finish in a tie for tenth place. As the eleventh seed in the ACC tournament, they faced fourteenth seed Clemson in the First Round. The Cardinal lost to Clemson for the second time this season, this time 63–46. They received an at-large bid to the WBIT and were the second seed in the St. Joseph's section of the bracket. They lost to unseeded Portland 69–68 in overtime, in the First Round to end their season.

Previous season

The Cardinal the season at 30–6, 15–3 in Pac-12 play to win the regular season championship. As a No. 1 seed in the Pac-12 Tournament, they defeated

in the quarterfinals and Oregon State in the semifinals before losing to

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in the championship. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 2 seed in the Portland regional 4 bracket where they defeated Norfolk State and Iowa State in the first and second rounds before losing to NC State in the Sweet Sixteen. After the season's conclusion, VanDerveer announced her retirement, making this her 38th and final season as Stanford head coach. This was also the team's final season in the Pac-12, as they will move to the

beginning on August 1, 2024.

Offseason

Departures

Incoming transfers

Recruiting

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Roster

Schedule and results

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Rankings

References

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