1989–90 Stanford Cardinal women's basketball team

Intercollegiate basketball season

1989–90 Stanford Cardinal women's basketball

NCAA tournament national champions Pac–10 regular season champions Communiplex Classic Champions Cardinal Classic
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 1
AP	No. 2
Record	32–1 (17–1 Pac-10)
Head coach	Tara VanDerveer (5th season)
Assistant coaches	Amy Tucker Reneé Brown
Seasons← 1988–89 1990–91 →

1989–90 Pacific-10 Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 2 Stanford	17	–	1	.944	32	–	1	.970
No. 3 Washington	17	–	1	.944	28	–	3	.903
UCLA	12	–	6	.667	17	–	12	.586
Washington State	9	–	9	.500	17	–	11	.607
California	9	–	9	.500	17	–	12	.586
Oregon	9	–	9	.500	17	–	12	.586
USC	6	–	12	.333	8	–	19	.296
Arizona State	5	–	13	.278	13	–	15	.464
Arizona	5	–	13	.278	11	–	17	.393
Oregon State	1	–	17	.056	5	–	26	.161

As of April 1, 1991 Rankings from AP Poll

The 1989–90 Stanford Cardinal women's basketball team represented Stanford University in the 1989–90 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cardinal were coached by Tara VanDerveer who was in her fifth year with the team. The Cardinal were members of the Pacific-10 Conference. They won their first NCAA Championship.

Roster

Number	Name	Height	Position	Class
10	Jennifer Azzi	5'9"	Guard	Senior
11	Celeste Lavoie	6'1"	Forward	Junior
14	Stacy Parson	5'7"	Guard	Senior
15	Molly Goodenbour	5'6"	Guard	Freshman
23	Katy Steding	6'0"	Forward	Senior
24	Tammy Svoboda	6'3"	Center/Forward	Junior
30	Trisha Stevens	6'3"	Center/Forward	Junior
31	Chris MacMurdo	6'0"	Forward	Freshman
34	Sonja Henning	5'8"	Guard	Junior
41	Martha Richards	5'11"	Guard/Forward	Sophomore
44	Julie Zeilstra	6'3"	Center/Forward	Sophomore
52	Val Whiting	6'3"	Center	Freshman

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank	Opponent	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
November 24, 1989*	No. 3	vs. Michigan State Communiplex Classic	W 73–63	1–0	Riverfront Coliseum (250) Cincinnati, OH
November 25, 1989*	No. 3	vs. Ohio Communiplex Classic	W 73–63	2–0	Riverfront Coliseum (750) Cincinnati, OH
December 10, 1989*	No. 3	San Diego State	W 109–45	3–0	Maples Pavilion (929) Stanford, CA
December 15, 1989*	No. 3	No. 2 Tennessee Rivalry	W 85–71	4–0	Maples Pavilion (5,425) Stanford, CA
December 19, 1989*	No. 2	at Holy Cross	W 88–65	5–0	Hart Center (390) Worcester, MA
December 21, 1989*	No. 2	at Boston College	W 81–74	6–0	Conte Forum (919) Boston, MA
December 29, 1989*	No. 2	Eastern Michigan Cardinal Classic	W 105–58	7–0	Maples Pavilion (2,405) Stanford, CA
December 30, 1989*	No. 2	No. 23 Providence Cardinal Classic	W 89–64	8–0	Maples Pavilion (3,268) Stanford, CA
January 2, 1990*	No. 2	San Francisco	W 90–46	9–0	Maples Pavilion (1,533) Stanford, CA
January 5, 1990	No. 2	at Oregon State	W 84–62	10–0 (1–0)	Gill Coliseum (1,213) Corvallis, OR
January 7, 1990	No. 2	at Oregon	W 76–57	11–0 (2–0)	McArthur Court (1,989) Eugene, OR
January 11, 1990	No. 2	No. 7 Washington	W 102–62	12–0 (3–0)	Maples Pavilion (3,512) Stanford, CA
January 13, 1990	No. 2	Washington State	W 92–70	13–0 (4–0)	Maples Pavilion (2,888) Stanford, CA
January 18, 1990	No. 2	at UCLA	W 98–80	14–0 (5–0)	Pauley Pavilion (500) Los Angeles, CA
January 20, 1990	No. 2	at USC	W 98–64	15–0 (6–0)	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena (1,000) Los Angeles, CA
January 23, 1990*	No. 2	No. 6 Long Beach State	W 105–91	16–0	Maples Pavilion (2,418) Stanford, CA
January 25, 1990	No. 2	Arizona	W 92–69	17–0 (7–0)	Maples Pavilion (1,902) Stanford, CA
January 27, 1990	No. 2	Arizona State	W 90–63	18–0 (8–0)	Maples Pavilion (2,726) Stanford, CA
February 2, 1990	No. 2	California	W 87–60	19–0 (9–0)	Haas Pavilion (2,511) Berkeley, CA
February 8, 1990	No. 2	at Washington State	W 90–64	20–0 (10–0)	Beasley Coliseum (1,215) Pullman, WA
February 10, 1990	No. 2	at No. 7 Washington	L 78–81	20–1 (10–1)	Hec Edmundson Pavilion (7,704) Seattle, WA
February 15, 1990	No. 3	USC	W 86–60	21–1 (11–1)	Maples Pavilion (2,410) Stanford, CA
February 17, 1990	No. 3	UCLA	W 91–65	22–1 (12–1)	Maples Pavilion (4,252) Stanford, CA
February 22, 1990	No. 3	at Arizona State	W 106–64	23–1 (13–1)	ASU Activity Center (358) Tempe, AZ
February 24, 1990	No. 3	at Arizona	W 113–70	24–1 (14–1)	McKale Center (642) Tucson, AZ
March 2, 1990	No. 2	California	W 112–84	25–1 (15–1)	Maples Pavilion (4,038) Stanford, CA
March 8, 1990	No. 2	Oregon	W 75–45	26–1 (16–1)	Maples Pavilion (2,506) Stanford, CA
March 10, 1990	No. 2	Oregon State	W 94–48	27–1 (17–1)	Maples Pavilion (3,716) Stanford, CA
NCAA women's tournament
March 18, 1990*	(1 W) No. 2	vs. (9 W) No. 16 Hawaii Second Round	W 106–76	28–1	Maples Pavilion (4,815) Stanford, CA
March 22, 1990*	(1 W) No. 2	vs. (5 W) No. 24 Ole Miss Sweet Sixteen	W 78–65	29–1	Maples Pavilion (7,500) Stanford, CA
March 24, 1990*	(1 W) No. 2	vs. (7 W) No. 22 Arkansas Elite Eight	W 114–87	30–1	Maples Pavilion (7,500) Stanford, CA
March 30, 1990*	(1 W) No. 2	vs. (2 E) No. 12 Virginia Final Four	W 75–66	31–1	Thompson-Boling Arena (19,467) Knoxville, TN
April 1, 1990*	(1 W) No. 2	vs. (2 ME) No. 9 Auburn Championship Game	W 88–81	32–1	Thompson-Boling Arena (20,023) Knoxville, TN
*Non-conference game. Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. W=Stanford, CA regional. All times are in Pacific Time.

Rankings

Main article: 1989–90 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls
Poll	Pre- Season	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Week 16	Week 17	Final
AP	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2 3
Coaches	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	1

**Legend**
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
(RV)		Received Votes

References

"The Stanford Daily Archives". archives.stanforddaily.com.
"1989-90 Women's Basketball Roster". Stanford University Athletics.
"Women's Basketball". Stanford University Athletics.
"1989-1990 Stanford Cardinal Women's Basketball Stats" (PDF). NCAA Career Statistics.

v t e Stanford Cardinal women's basketball
Venues	Maples Pavilion (1974–present)
Rivalries	Tennessee UConn
Culture & lore	Stanford Tree "Come Join the Band" Harvard upset
People	Head coaches WNBA draftees
Seasons	1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
NCAA championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearance in italics

v t e Stanford Cardinal women's basketball 1989–90 NCAA champions
10 Jennifer Azzi (MOP) 15 Molly Goodenbour 22 Angela Taylor 23 Katy Steding 34 Sonja Henning 52 Val Whiting Head coach Tara VanDerveer

Stanford Cardinal women's basketball 1989–90 NCAA champions

Head coach Tara VanDerveer

v t e NCAA Division I women's basketball champions
1982 Louisiana Tech 1983 USC 1984 USC 1985 Old Dominion 1986 Texas 1987 Tennessee 1988 Louisiana Tech 1989 Tennessee 1990 Stanford 1991 Tennessee 1992 Stanford 1993 Texas Tech 1994 North Carolina 1995 Connecticut 1996 Tennessee 1997 Tennessee 1998 Tennessee 1999 Purdue 2000 Connecticut 2001 Notre Dame 2002 Connecticut 2003 Connecticut 2004 Connecticut 2005 Baylor 2006 Maryland 2007 Tennessee 2008 Tennessee 2009 Connecticut 2010 Connecticut 2011 Texas A&M 2012 Baylor 2013 Connecticut 2014 Connecticut 2015 Connecticut 2016 Connecticut 2017 South Carolina 2018 Notre Dame 2019 Baylor 2020 No tournament 2021 Stanford 2022 South Carolina 2023 LSU 2024 South Carolina

NCAA Division I women's basketball champions

1982: Louisiana Tech
1983: USC
1984: USC
1985: Old Dominion
1986: Texas
1987: Tennessee
1988: Louisiana Tech
1989: Tennessee
1990: Stanford
1991: Tennessee
1992: Stanford
1993: Texas Tech
1994: North Carolina
1995: Connecticut
1996: Tennessee
1997: Tennessee
1998: Tennessee
1999: Purdue
2000: Connecticut
2001: Notre Dame
2002: Connecticut
2003: Connecticut
2004: Connecticut
2005: Baylor
2006: Maryland
2007: Tennessee
2008: Tennessee
2009: Connecticut
2010: Connecticut
2011: Texas A&M
2012: Baylor
2013: Connecticut
2014: Connecticut
2015: Connecticut
2016: Connecticut
2017: South Carolina
2018: Notre Dame
2019: Baylor
2020: No tournament
2021: Stanford
2022: South Carolina
2023: LSU
2024: South Carolina

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