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

!colspan=9 style="background:#8C1515; color:white;"| Regular season

!colspan=9 style="background:#8C1515;"| NCAA women's tournament

Rankings

+ Regular season pollsPoll Pre-Season Week2 Week3 Week4 Week5 Week6 Week7 Week8 Week9 Week10 Week11 Week12 Week13 Week14 Week15 Week16 Week17 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

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