Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Template:Infobox college basketball team The Ohio State women's basketball team represents Ohio State University and plays its home games in the Value City Arena at the Jerome Schottenstein Center, which they moved into in 1998. Prior to 1998, they played at St. John Arena. They have won 14 Big Ten titles (two additional championships have been vacated by the NCAA), which is the most in the conference^[1] and have 23 appearances in the NCAA Tournament, the most recent being in 2023 (two other appearances have been vacated). In 1993, they lost to Sheryl Swoopes and Texas Tech 84–82 for the national title. They captured the Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT) title in 2001, beating the New Mexico Lobos 62–61.^[2] Notable alumni include former All-Americans Katie Smith and Jessica Davenport. They are currently coached by Kevin McGuff, who was previously the head coach at the University of Washington.

Year by year results

^[3] Template:CBB yearly record start with polls |- | style="background:#dddddd; border-bottom: 2px solid #aaaaaa;" colspan="9" align="center" | Phyllis J. Bailey (Independent) (1965–1970)

Template:CBB yearly record entry with polls Template:CBB yearly record entry with polls Template:CBB yearly record entry with polls Template:CBB yearly record entry with polls Template:CBB yearly record entry with polls |- style="background:#fafafa; border-top: 2px solid #aaaaaa;" | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | Phyllis J. Bailey: | 28–13 || – || colspan="5" |

|- | style="background:#dddddd; border-bottom: 2px solid #aaaaaa;" colspan="9" align="center" | Mary Combs (Independent) (1970–1972)

Template:CBB yearly record entry with polls Template:CBB yearly record entry with polls |- style="background:#fafafa; border-top: 2px solid #aaaaaa;" | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | Mary Combs: | 14–6 || – || colspan="5" |

|- | style="background:#dddddd; border-bottom: 2px solid #aaaaaa;" colspan="9" align="center" | Debbie Wilson (Independent) (1972–1980)

Template:CBB yearly record entry with polls Template:CBB yearly record entry with polls Template:CBB yearly record entry with polls Template:CBB yearly record entry with polls Template:CBB yearly record entry with polls Template:CBB yearly record entry with polls Template:CBB yearly record entry with polls Template:CBB yearly record entry with polls |- style="background:#fafafa; border-top: 2px solid #aaaaaa;" | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | Debbie Wilson: | 157–58 || – || colspan="5" |

|- | style="background:#dddddd; border-bottom: 2px solid #aaaaaa;" colspan="9" align="center" | Tara VanDerveer (Independent, Big Ten) (1980–1985)

Template:CBB yearly record entry with polls |-style="background: #ffffdd;" | colspan="8" align="center" | Big Ten Conference Template:CBB yearly record entry with polls Template:CBB yearly record entry with polls Template:CBB yearly record entry with polls Template:CBB yearly record entry with polls |- style="background:#fafafa; border-top: 2px solid #aaaaaa;" | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | Tara VanDerveer: | 110–37 || 53–4 || colspan="5" |

|- | style="background:#dddddd; border-bottom: 2px solid #aaaaaa;" colspan="9" align="center" | Nancy Darsch (Big Ten) (1985–1997)

|- | style="background:#dddddd; border-bottom: 2px solid #aaaaaa;" colspan="9" align="center" | Beth Burns (Big Ten) (1997–2002)

Template:CBB yearly record entry with polls Template:CBB yearly record entry with polls Template:CBB yearly record entry with polls Template:CBB yearly record entry with polls Template:CBB yearly record entry with polls |- style="background:#fafafa; border-top: 2px solid #aaaaaa;" | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | Beth Burns: | 81–65 || 35–45 || colspan="5" |

|- | style="background:#dddddd; border-bottom: 2px solid #aaaaaa;" colspan="9" align="center" | Jim Foster (Big Ten) (2002–2013)

|- | style="background:#dddddd; border-bottom: 2px solid #aaaaaa;" colspan="9" align="center" | Kevin McGuff (Big Ten) (2013–present)

|- style="background:#dddddd" | colspan="2" style="text-align:center" | Total: || 1,127–493 ||colspan="7" |

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| colspan="9" |       National champion         Postseason invitational champion
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion |}

<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>^A 11 games vacated by the NCAA, as well as conference regular season championship (overall record of 28–7, conference record of 15–1). Adjusted record is 18–6 and 8–1 in conference.

<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>^B 29 games vacated by the NCAA, as well as conference regular season and tournament championships (overall record of 28–7, conference record of 13–3). Adjusted record is 0–6 and 0–3 in conference.

<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>^C 15 games vacated by the NCAA (overall record of 14–15, conference record of 10–8). Adjusted record is 0–14 and 0–8 in conference.^[4]

<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>^D McGuff's unofficial record is 224–100 at Ohio State; his adjusted record is 172–97 and 87–55 in conference.

NCAA tournament results

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1984	#5	First Round	#4 Ole Miss	L 55–77
1985	#2	First Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight	#7 Holy Cross #3 Penn State #1 Old Dominion	W 102–60 W 81–78 L 68–72
1986	#3	Second Round Sweet Sixteen	#6 Maryland #2 LSU	W 87–71 L 80–81
1987	#2	Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight	#10 Oregon #3 USC #1 Long Beach State	W 76–62 W 74–63 L 82–102
1988	#3	Second Round Sweet Sixteen	#6 Syracuse #2 Maryland	W 116–75 L 66–81
1989	#3	Second Round Sweet Sixteen	#6 James Madison #2 Long Beach State	W 81–66 L 83–89
1990	#6	First Round Second Round	#11 Southern Illinois #3 Texas	W 73–61 L 66–95
1993	#1	Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four Title Game	#9 Rutgers #4 Western Kentucky #2 Virginia #2 Iowa #2 Texas Tech	W 91–60 W 86–73 W 75–73 W 73–72 (OT) L 82–84
1996	#9	First Round Second Round	#8 Memphis #1 Tennessee	W 97–75 L 65–97
1999	#9	First Round	#8 Boston College	L 59–72
2003	#4	First Round Second Round	#13 Weber State #5 Louisiana Tech	W 66–44 L 61–74
2004	#4	First Round Second Round	#11 West Virginia #3 Boston College	W 73–67 L 48–63
2005	#2	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen	#15 Holy Cross #7 Maryland #3 Rutgers	W 86–45 W 75–65 L 58–64
2006	#1	First Round Second Round	#16 Oakland #8 Boston College	W 68–45 L 69–79
2007	#4	First Round	#13 Marist	L 63–67
2008	#6	First Round	#11 Florida State	L 49–60
2009	#3	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen	#14 Sacred Heart #11 Mississippi State #2 Stanford	W 77–63 W 64–58 L 66–84
2010	#2	First Round Second Round	#15 St. Francis (PA) #7 Mississippi State	W 93–59 L 67–87
2011	#4	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen	#13 UCF #5 Georgia Tech #1 Tennessee	W 80–69 W 67–60 L 75–85
2012	#8	First Round	#9 Florida	L 65–70
2015	#5	First Round Second Round	#12 James Madison #4 North Carolina	W 90–80 L 84–86
2016	#3	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen	#14 Buffalo #6 West Virginia #7 Tennessee	W 88–69 W 88–81 L 62–78
2017	#5	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen	#12 Western Kentucky #4 Kentucky #1 Notre Dame	W 70–63 W 82–68 L 76–99
2018	#3	First Round Second Round	#14 George Washington #11 Central Michigan	W 87–45 L 78–95
2022	#6	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen	#11 Missouri State #3 LSU #2 Texas	W 63–56 W 79–64 L 63–66
2023	#3	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight	#14 James Madison #6 North Carolina #2 UConn #1 Virginia Tech	W 80–66 W 71–69 W 73–61 L 74–84
2024	#2	First Round Second Round	#15 Maine #7 Duke	W 80–57 L 63–75
2025	#4	First Round Second Round	#13 Montana State #5 Tennessee	W 71–51 L 67–82