LAS VEGAS—Stanford Athletic Director Bernard Muir announced after Thursday night’s 79–62 loss to Washington State in a Pacific-12 Conference Tournament quarterfinal at T-Mobile Arena that Coach Jerod Haase has been dismissed.
“While the on-court results fell short of our expectations, Coach Haase led our men’s basketball program with great integrity and made a deeply positive impact on many Cardinal student-athletes,” Muir said. “As we embark on the search for our next head coach, I wish Jerod and his family all the best in the future.”
Stanford finished 14–18 this season, including 8–12 during the Pac-12 regular season.
Haase produced a 126–127 record in eight seasons at Stanford, guiding the Cardinal to a National Invitation Tournament appearance in 2018.
A national search for Haase’s replacement is expected to begin immediately.
Isaac Jones led a balanced Washinton State scoring effort with 16 points and grabbed six rebounds as the No. 22 Cougars advanced to a Friday semifinal matchup against the winner of Thursday’s late game that matched Utah and Colorado.
The second-seeded Cougars (24–8) received 14 points, six assists and six rebounds from Myles Rice, while Jaylen Wells finished with 14 points, six rebounds, five assists and three steals.
Andrej Jakimovski, who had been listed as questionable by the Cougars before the game due to right shoulder soreness, finished with 13 points. Kymany Houinsou had 11 points and Rueben Chinyelu scored 10 while making all four his field-goal attempts.
Stanford, the 10th seed, was led by Spencer Jones’ 22 points, plus Brandon Angel’s 15 points and six rebounds. Washington State went 3–0 against Stanford this season with an average margin of victory of 14.7 points.
The Cougars took control of the game when they went on a 13–3 run to open a 37–22 lead with 6:04 left in the first half. Jakimovski made two 3-pointers in that stretch. He had 11 points and four rebounds in the first half, leading the Cougars to a 45–29 halftime lead.
The Cougars outscored Stanford 8–2 to start the second half to take a 53–31 lead with 16:35 remaining. Spencer Jones made a layup with 9:23 remaining to cut the deficit to 62–48, but the Cougars responded by scoring seven unanswered points. Rice’s layup with 7:22 left gave Washington State a 69–48 lead.
Washington State was up by at least 17 points the rest of the game. The Cougars made 50.8 percent of their shots from the field and outrebounded Stanford 39–25. Washington State had 17 fast-break points, while Stanford managed just two.
