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Men's Basketball

Season Opener Friday

 Stanford (0-0)
vs. Cal Poly (0-0)
Friday, Nov. 10 • 4 p.m. PT
Maples Pavilion • Stanford, Calif.
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STANFORD, Calif. – Stanford will begin its 103rd season of basketball Friday, when the Cardinal opens the 2017-18 campaign against Cal Poly at 4 p.m. PT at Maples Pavilion. Friday's game will be the opener in a unique men's basketball-football doubleheader on campus. The Stanford football team will host Washington at Stanford Stadium at 7:30 p.m. PT. 
 
THE STARTING FIVE
Friday's season opener is the first in a busy stretch of five home games in 11 days. Stanford will host Pacific on Sunday (Nov. 12), Eastern Washington next Tuesday (Nov. 14), Northeastern next Friday (Nov. 17) and cap its five-game season-opening homestand against defending NCAA champion North Carolina (Nov. 20). It's the longest homestand since hosting seven consecutive games from December to January of the 2015-16 season.
 
Last season, Stanford did not play its fifth home game until Dec. 16 and had already traveled a total of 22, 132 miles for road contests in Lawrence, Kan., Orlando, Fla. and Shanghai, China.
 
VETERAN GROUP
Boasting the fifth most experience roster in the nation in terms of games played (493 total), Stanford brings back four starters and five of its top six scorers in 2017-18. The Cardinal welcomes back a good portion of its offense in Reid Travis (17.4 ppg), Dorian Pickens (12.6 ppg) and Michael Humphrey (9.4 ppg) back for their fourth season on The Farm.  
 
WHAT RETURNS
• 78.4 percent of last year's scoring (1,694 out of 2,162)
• 80.3 percent of last year's rebounding (857 out of 1,067)
• 60.0 percent of last year's assists (251 out of 421)
• 64.7 percent of last year's roster (11 out of 17)
• 100.0 percent of last year's coaches and support staff (11 out of 11)
 
PRESEASON HONORS FOR REID TRAVIS
Redshirt junior Reid Travis, the Pac-12 Conference's leading returning scorer (17.4 ppg) and rebounder (8.9 rpg), enters the season with several preseason accolades.
 
• Naismith Trophy (National Player of the Year) preseason watch list by the Atlanta Tip-off Club
• Lute Olson Award (National Player of the Year who played two seasons) preseason watch list
• Oscar Robertson Trophy (National Player of the Year) preseason watch list by the USBWA
• Karl Malone Award (Power Forward of the Year) preseason watch list by Naismith Hall of Fame
• Preseason All-America selection by ESPN's Jeff Goodman
• Voted 29th best player in the nation by ESPN's college basketball analysts
• Voted 30th best player in the nation by CBS Sports' college basketball analysts
• Consensus preseason First Team All-Pac-12 selection
 

 
SNAPSHOT OF TRAVIS' STANDOUT 2016-17 SEASON
• First Team All-Pac-12 selection by the coaches
• National Association of Basketball Coaches Second Team All-District selection
• Only player in the Pac-12 and one of only five individuals in the top six conferences to finish last season ranked in the top five of his conference in both scoring and rebounding
• One of two players in the Pac-12 to rank in the top six in scoring, rebounding and FG%
• Led Stanford in nine categories, including scoring (470, 17.4 ppg), rebounding (239, 8.9 rpg), offensive rebounding (93, 3.4 orpg), defensive rebounding (146, 5.4 drpg), field goals made (176), field goal attempted (304), field goal percentage (.579), FTs made (118), FTs attempted (181)
• Ranked in the top seven in the Pac-12 in seven categories, including scoring (17.4 ppg, fourth), rebounding (8.9, fifth), offensive rebounding (3.4, first), field goal percentage (.579, sixth), double-doubles (9, seventh), FTs attempted (181, second) and FTs made (118, third).
• Ranked 20th nationally in offensive rebounding, 32nd in FG percentage and 59th in rebounding
• Posted nine of his 10 career double-doubles in 2016-17
• Career-high 29 points and nine rebounds at No. 4 Kansas
 

 
STANFORD IN SEASON OPENERS
In its 102-year history, the Cardinal sports an 84-18 record in season openers. Stanford has won its last seven and 27 of its last 29 openers, with the only exceptions coming in 2009 at San Diego and in 2005 against UC Irvine.
 
AGAINST CAL POLY
Stanford leads the all-time series against Cal Poly, 6-1. The Cardinal has won the last five games in the series, including a 79-62 victory over the Mustangs in 2013, the most recent meeting between the two teams. All seven games of the series have been played on The Farm.
 
TOP-TIER RECRUITING CLASS
Stanford signed a consensus top-25 national recruiting class and one of the highest rated classes in school history this off-season. Standout guards Daejon Davis (Seattle, Wash.) and Isaac White (Adelaide, Australia) signed in the spring, after the fall signings of Oscar da Silva (Munich, Germany) and MaxPreps High School All-America selection Kezie Okpala.



PETER SAUER CAPTAINSHIP
Head coach Jerod Haase announced the establishment of the Peter Sauer Captainship in September, naming Reid Travis, Dorian Pickens and Michael Humphrey captains. The three will wear patches on their uniforms honoring the legacy of the late Peter Sauer, a team captain and leader of Stanford's 1998 Final Four team.

 

CARDINAL BEGINS SECOND YEAR OF JEROD HAASE ERA
Head coach Jerod Haase, who has appeared in the NCAA Tournament 19 times as either a player or coach in his career, looks to lead the Cardinal back to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since Stanford's 2014 NCAA Sweet Sixteen run. Haase enters the 2017-18 season with a 94-70 career record in five seasons (four at UAB and one at Stanford).
 
THE FOURTH-YEAR CLASS
The four members of Stanford's fourth-year class - Reid Travis, Dorian Pickens Michael Humphrey and Robert Cartwright - accounted for 62.6 percent of the team's scoring and 55.4 of the team's rebounding last season. Pickens and Humphrey are true seniors, while Travis and Cartwright have each had their medical hardship waivers granted and are redshirt juniors with two years of eligibility remaining entering the 2017-18 season. Cartwright missed the entire 2015-16 season with a compound fracture of his right forearm sustained in preseason practice on Nov. 2, 2015. Travis was forced to miss the final 22 games of the 2015-16 season with a right leg injury. 
 
PICKENS ON TARGET FROM BEYOND THE ARC
Dorian Pickens, the only player to start all 31 games last season, posted at least one three-pointer in all but four games, with multiple three-pointers in 19 contests during his junior season. He ranked ninth in the Pac-12 in three-point field goals made in conference play (39, 2.2) and 11th overall (67, 2.2) last year. Pickens was Stanford's leading three-point shooter (67-of-169, 39.6 percent). The forward registered a career-high seven three-pointers (7-of-10) against Idaho last season. He connected on the game-winning trifecta against Indiana State with 2.0 seconds left.
 

 
HUMPHREY CONTROLLING THE GLASS
Michael Humphrey (6.1 rpg overall) is averaging 7.4 rpg in Pac-12 play. At UCLA, Humphrey set a career-high with 27 points and finished one shy of his career-best with 14 rebounds. He was one rebound shy of a double-double (10 points, nine rebounds) at Cal. The junior finished with 16 points and 13 rebounds at Arizona State. Humphrey has played more than 30 minutes in eight of the last 15 contests, after not reaching the 30-minute mark in the first 14 games.
 
FIFTH IN PAC-12 PRESEASON POLL
Stanford has been selected fifth in the Pac-12 Conference preseason poll voted on by the media, the league announced on Thursday.
 
Stanford totaled 182 points to place fifth in a vote of the media members that regularly cover the conference. Arizona (273 points) was selected to finish first, with USC (251 points) second, UCLA (223 points) third and Oregon (203 points) fourth.
 
WHAT'S NEW AT MAPLES: Stanford Concessions is bringing new flavors during the 2017-18 season to enhance the fan experience in Maples Pavilion. Some highlights include Maples carvery sandwiches, slow smoked brisket sandwich, Vietnamese Pho, Buffalo Chicken Breast Wrap, and Punjabi Potato Pea Samosas. Gameday favorites and soup specials will be back, including grilled bratwurst sausages, New England-style clam chowder and Brisket chili bow. For those looking to sip on something warm or fans with a sweet tooth can enjoy the Harvest Beverage and Dessert Bar which features spiced apple sider, Ghiradelli hot chocolate, and crème brulee cheesecake, warm apple caramel crisp and more! Please note: The new menu will roll out throughout the season, and items will vary depending on game time.