SETTING THE SCENE
Stanford men's basketball completes its penultimate ACC home weekend on Saturday, Feb. 7 with a visit from Georgia Tech. The 5 p.m. tip will air on ESPNU.
THE STARTING FIVE
• Stanford is out to a 14-9 start, including four quadrant one NET victories and ACC wins vs. No. 14/15 North Carolina, No. 16/13 Louisville and Virginia Tech.
• Ebuka Okorie ranks ninth in the country in scoring at 21.6 points per game and third among freshmen. He joins only Duke's Cameron Boozer and BYU's AJ Dybantsa as qualified freshmen nationally north of 21 points per night, and he was named in the top-10 rankings for national freshman of the year by ESPN, Bleacher Report, Field of 68 and Hoops HQ.
• Stanford won the Acrisure Invitational in Palm Desert with wins over Minnesota and Saint Louis, with Benny Gealer's buzzer beater on Nov. 28 sending the Cardinal home victorious.
• The Cardinal is looking to snap a five-game skid, the longest for a Kyle Smith-coached team since 2022. Stanford remains tied for second in the ACC with four Q1 wins.
• Maxime Raynaud graduated from Stanford in 2025 after posting one of the top seasons in program history, and the All-American was drafted by the Sacramento Kings in June. Stanford's NBA alumni are shining above expectations, with Raynaud scoring 9.5 points per game, Ziaire Williams 9.7 per game and Spencer Jones 6.0 per game, including 34 starts. Raynaud is posting 11.3 points per game as a starter, while Jones is at 7.5. Brook Lopez and Dwight Powell remain in the rotations for Dallas and LA Clippers.
DOWN TO THE WIRE VS. CLEMSON
In a game that came down to the final possession, Stanford men’s basketball fell late to No. 20/19 Clemson, 66-64. Aidan Cammann led the Cardinal with a career-high 19 points, finishing 7-for-12 from the floor with a pair of 3-pointers and a 3-for-3 mark at the free throw line, to go with five rebounds, two assists, two steals and two blocks. Oskar Giltay added eight points, on 4-for-4 shooting, with 11 rebounds, two steals and one block, while Ebuka Okorie finished with 18 points and three assists.