2011–12 Stanford Cardinal women's basketball team

The 2011–12 Stanford Cardinal women's basketball team represented Stanford University in the 2011–12 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cardinal, coached by Tara VanDerveer, and a member of the Pacific-10 Conference, won the conference's regular-season and tournament titles and advanced to the Final Four of the 2011 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament.

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Non-Conference Regular Season Schedule
November 4 5:00 PM, no		Texas	W 72-59	1-0	Frank Erwin Center  Austin, Texas
November 13 2:00 PM, no		Gonzaga	W 76-61	2-0	Maples Pavilion  Stanford, California
November 17 7:00 PM, no		Old Dominion	W 97-48	3-0	Maples Pavilion  Stanford, California
November 21 4:30 PM, no		at Connecticut	W 68-58	3-1	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion  Hartford, Connecticut
November 25 10:00 AM, no		at Xavier	W 80-64	4-1	Cintas Center  Cincinnati, Ohio
November 30 7:00 PM, no		UC Davis	W 93-44	5-1	Maples Pavilion  Stanford, California
December 4 2:00 PM, no		at Fresno State	W 93-59	6-1	Save Mart Center  Fresno, California
December 17 1:00 PM, no		Princeton	W 85-56	7-1	Maples Pavilion  Stanford, California
December 20 7:00 PM, no		Tennessee	W 97-80	8-1	Maples Pavilion  Stanford, California
December 22 2:00 PM, no		CSU Bakerfield	W 90-48	9-1	Maples Pavilion  Stanford, California
December 29 7:00 PM, no		at USC	W 61-53	10-1	Galen Center  Los Angeles, California
December 31 2:00 PM, no		at UCLA	W 77-50	11-1	Pauley Pavilion  Los Angeles, California
January 5 7:00 PM, no		Oregon	W 93-70	12-1	Maples Pavilion  Stanford, California
January 7 2:00 PM, no		Oregon State	L 67-70	13-1	Maples Pavilion  Stanford, California
January 12 6:00 PM, no		at Utah	W 62-43	13-1	Jon M. Huntsman Center  Salt Lake City, Utah
January 14 3:00 PM, no		at Colorado	W 80-54	14-1	Coors Events Center  Boulder, Colorado
January 19 7:00 PM, no		Washington State	W 80-54	16-1	Maples Pavilion  Stanford, California
January 21 2:00 PM, no		Washington Huskies	W 65-47	17-1	Maples Pavilion  Stanford, California
January 28 2:00 PM, no		California	W 74-71	18-1	Maples Pavilion  Stanford, California
February 2 6:00 PM, no		at Arizona State	W 62-49	19-1	Wells Fargo Arena  Tempe, Arizona
February 4 1:00 PM, no		at Arizona	W 91-51	20-1	McKale Center  Tucson, Arizona
February 9 6:00 PM, no		USC	W 69-52	21-1	Maples Pavilion  Palo Alto, California
February 12 12:00 PM, no		UCLA	W 82-59	22-1	Maples Pavilion  Stanford, California
February 16 7:00 PM, no		at Oregon State	W 78-45	23-1	Gill Coliseum  Corvallis, Oregon
February 18 1:00 PM, no		at Oregon	W 78-45	24-1	Matthew Knight Arena  Eugene, Oregon
February 23 7:00 PM, no		Colorado	W 68-42	25-1	Maples Pavilion  Stanford, California
February 25 2:00 PM, no		Utah	W 69-42	26-1	Maples Pavilion  Stanford, California
February 29 7:00 PM, no		Seattle University	W 69-42	27-1	Maples Pavilion  Stanford, California
March 4 6:00 PM, no		at California	W 86-61	28-1	Haas Pavilion  Berkeley, California
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

2011–12 Stanford Cardinal women's basketball
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
2011–12 record	35-2 (18-0 Pac-10)
Head coach	Tara VanDerveer (27th season)
Assistant coach	Amy Tucker Associate Head Coach
Home arena	Maples Pavilion

NCAA Basketball Tournament

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
NCAA Tournament
March 18  ESPN2		Hampton First Round	W 73-51	29-1	Maples Pavilion  Palo Alto, CA
March 20  ESPNU		West Virginia Second Round	W 72-55	30-1	Maples Pavilion  Palo Alto, CA
March 25  ESPN		vs. South Carolina Regional Semifinal	W 76-60	31-1	Save Mart Center  Fresno, CA
March 27 8:30 PM, ESPN		vs. Duke Regional Final	W 81-69	32-1	Save Mart Center  Fresno, CA
April 2 6:00 PM, ESPN		vs. Baylor Final Four	W 81-69	34-2	Pepsi Center  Denver, CO
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

External links

• Official site