THE GAME: Stanford opens its 2026-27 season when it plays Arizona in the Hall of Fame Series at 10:30 a.m. PT on Monday, November 2 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Jordan Kent, Ice Young and Jordan Giorgio have the call on CBS Sports Network and Tim Swartz will handle radio on GoStanford.com, the Stanford Athletics app and Learfield’s Varsity Network.
THE RUNDOWN: Stanford is 40-12 all-time in season openers and has won eight in a row ... The Cardinal is starting its season away from Maples Pavilion for the first time since 2017-18 ... Stanford is 23-5 all-time in the Las Vegas area, including going 14-3 at the Pac-12 Tournament from 2019-24 ... The Cardinal and Wildcats will be playing their sixth game against each other since Stanford beat Arizona 54-53 to win the 2021 national championship ... During the nonconference, Stanford will play five Power 4 opponents and five true road games, the only Power 4 school to hit both of those marks ... The Cardinal's five Power 4 opponents in the nonconference, of which Arizona is the first, trails only South Carolina (8), Oklahoma (6), USC (6) and UCLA (6) ... Stanford's 12-person roster includes four freshmen, four sophomores and four juniors ... The Cardinal is one of three Power 4 programs without a senior or fifth-year on its roster along with Boston College and BYU ... Stanford returns 25.8 percent of its scoring, 22.4 percent of its rebounding and 29.9 percent of its minutes from a season ago ... Seven newcomers are on the roster in 2026-27, including transfers Ilse de Vries, Inés Sotelo Míguez and Charlotte Tuhy ... de Vries (Netherlands) and Sotelo Míguez (Spain) are the first Dutch and Spanish players in program history.
VS. ARIZONA: Stanford is 76-15 all-time against Arizona, 8-1 at neutral sites, and has won 40 of the last 43 in the series. Since 2005, the Cardinal's only losses to the Wildcats came on Feb. 23, 2024 in the teams' last meeting, 68-61; in overtime on Feb. 28, 2020, 73-72; and on Feb. 8, 2015, 60-57. Monday's game will be just the third in 92 all-time meetings, and first since Dec. 3, 1980, in which Stanford and Arizona are in different conferences. The two met 80 times as Pac-12 opponents from 1986-87 through 2023-24, three times with both in the Pac-West in 1985-86, and six times in the Western Collegiate Athletic Association from 1982-83 through 1984-85.
IN VEGAS »
- Stanford is 23-5 all-time in the Las Vegas area, its most recent visit coming in last season's Resorts World Classic in which it split games against FGCU (L, 66-62) and Colorado State (W, 62-60) on November 28 and 29.
- As a Pac-12 member, the Cardinal was 14-3 at the Pac-12 Tournament in Las Vegas, winning three titles in games at both Michelob ULTRA Arena and MGM Grand Garden Arena from 2019-24.
SEASON OPENERS »
- Stanford is 40-12 all-time in season openers and has won eight in a row. The Cardinal’s last such loss came at No. 5 Ohio State on Nov. 10, 2017, 85-64.
- That game against Ohio State in Columbus was also the last time Stanford started a season away from Maples Pavilion.
- Monday will be the 11th time in program history that the Cardinal will open its season in a neutral-site contest and first since it beat LIU Brooklyn in the Minnesota Subway Classic in Minneapolis on Nov. 19, 2005, 69-28.
- It's the second time Stanford will begin its season with a neutral-site game in Las Vegas. The Cardinal beat Cleveland State in the UNLV/7UP Invitational on Nov. 28, 1986, 95-69.
EARLY OPPORTUNITIES »
- During the nonconference, Stanford will play five Power 4 opponents and five true road games, the only Power 4 school to hit both of those marks.
- The Cardinal is tied with Louisville and Tennessee for the most nonconference true road games among Power 4 schools (5) and its five Power 4 opponents in the nonconference trails only South Carolina (8), Oklahoma (6), USC (6) and UCLA (6).
- The average Power 4 program plays just 1.87 true road games and 3.01 Power 4 opponents during the nonconference portion of its schedule.
YOUNG & HUNGRY »
- Hailee Swain’s one word to describe the upcoming season when asked at ACC Tipoff: ‘hungry.’
- Stanford's 12-person roster includes four freshmen, four sophomores and four juniors.
- The Cardinal is one of three Power 4 programs without a senior or fifth-year on its roster along with Boston College and BYU.