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**Maples Pavilion**
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Hosting the USF Dons in November 2005
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Full name	Roscoe Maples Pavilion
Location	655 Campus Drive Stanford, California
Coordinates	37°25′47″N 122°09′38″W / 37.4296°N 122.1605°W / 37.4296; -122.1605
Owner	Stanford University
Operator	Stanford University
Capacity	Basketball: 7,233
Broke ground	1967
Opened	January 3, 1969 55 years ago
Renovated	March 2004
Construction cost	$3.24 Million ($25.9 million in 2022 dollars^[1])
Architect	John Carl Warnecke
Tenants
Stanford Cardinal (1969–present)

Maples Pavilion is a 7,392-seat multi-purpose arena on the campus of Stanford University in Stanford, California. Opened in 1969, Maples underwent a $30 million renovation in March 2004 and reopened ahead of schedule, in time for conference play that December.^[2]^[3]^[4] It was named after its principal donor, Roscoe Maples.^[5]

History

Roscoe Maples was an Oregon lumber magnate. Upon his death in 1963, Maples bequeathed most of his $2 million estate to the university. A member of the class of 1904, he left school before graduating to support his parents, and later went on to success in the lumber business.^[5] Prior to 1969, Stanford played at the Old Pavilion, opened in 1922.

Maples is home to multiple Stanford Cardinal athletics teams, including men's and women's basketball, men's and women's gymnastics, and women's volleyball. The raucous student section that roots for the men's basketball team is called the "6th Man" and is located in several rows courtside.^[6]

Prior to the renovation, the original floor at Maples had a flexible surface.^[3] Designed by Stanford graduate John Carl Warnecke (1919–2010), it was installed when the Pavilion opened in 1969. Nine inches (23 cm) of crosshatched wood and air was supposed to create a coil-spring effect preventing injuries, but often had the opposite effect.^[4]^[7] It caused a "Missed Stair Effect", a phenomenon that occurs when the body senses where the floor should be upon landing after a jump. With the tensile feeling of the floor, often the level would be different from when the player jumped, causing a strange sensation throughout the body.

On October 14, 2010, the Dalai Lama advocated a secular approach to compassion to a standing-room-only crowd.

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Located in: Stanford, California

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Overview: Stanford Cardinal (Pac-12 Conference and Atlantic Coast Conference)

Teams	Baseball Basketball Men Women Football Big Game The Play Men's gymnastics Soccer Men Women Women's volleyball
Facilities	Arrillaga Family Rowing and Sailing Center Burnham Pavilion Klein Field at Sunken Diamond Maloney Field at Laird Q. Cagan Stadium Maples Pavilion Stanford Beach Volleyball Stadium Stanford Golf Course Stanford Stadium Taube Tennis Center
Misc.	Stanford Axe NACDA Directors' Cup

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Stanford Cardinal men's basketball
Venues	Stanford Pavilion (1922–1968) Kaiser Permanente Arena (alternate; 2020–2021) Maples Pavilion (1968–present)
Culture & lore	Stanford Tree "Come Join the Band"
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 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
Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearance in italics; NCAA championship in bolded italics

Stanford Cardinal women's basketball

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
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
NCAA championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearance in italics

Basketball arenas in the Pac-12 Conference

Basketball arenas in the Pac-12 Conference
McKale Center (Arizona) Desert Financial Arena (Arizona State) Haas Pavilion (California) CU Events Center (Colorado) Matthew Knight Arena (Oregon) Gill Coliseum (Oregon State) Maples Pavilion (Stanford) Pauley Pavilion (UCLA) Galen Center (USC) Huntsman Center (Utah) Hec Edmundson Pavilion (Washington) Beasley Coliseum (Washington State)

NCAA Division I college basketball venues in California

NCAA Division I college basketball venues in California
Big Sky	Hornets Nest (Sacramento State)
Big West	Mott Gym (Cal Poly) Titan Gym (Cal State Fullerton) Matadome (Cal State Northridge) Icardo Center (CSU Bakersfield) Walter Pyramid (Long Beach State) The Pavilion at ARC (UC Davis) Bren Events Center (UC Irvine) SRC Arena (UC Riverside) RIMAC Arena (UC San Diego) UCSB Events Center (UC Santa Barbara)
MW	Save Mart Center (Fresno State) Viejas Arena (San Diego State) Provident Credit Union Event Center (San Jose State)
Pac-12	Haas Pavilion (California) Maples Pavilion (Stanford) Pauley Pavilion (UCLA) Galen Center (USC)
WAC	CBU Events Center (California Baptist)
WCC	Gersten Pavilion (Loyola Marymount) Alex G. Spanos Center (Pacific) Firestone Fieldhouse (Pepperdine) University Credit Union Pavilion (Saint Mary's) Jenny Craig Pavilion (San Diego) The Sobrato Center (San Francisco)

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