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Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball

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 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. 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

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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.
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.
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.
McGuff's unofficial record is 224–100 at Ohio State; his adjusted record is 172–97 and 87–55 in conference.

NCAA tournament results

Ohio State has reached the NCAA tournament 29 times. They have a record of 37–29, although the 2017 and 2018 appearances were later vacated due to violations.

Awards and honors

Consensus All-American selections
First-Team All-Big Ten
  • Yvette Angel (1983, 1985)
  • Carla Chapman (1984)
  • Francine Lewis (1984–1985)
  • Tracy Hall (1986–1988)
  • |Nikita Lowry (1988–1989)
  • Lisa Cline (1989)
  • Averrill Roberts (1992–1993)
  • Nikki Keyton (1993)
  • Katie Smith (1994–1996)
  • Marrita Porter (1998–1999)
  • Jessica Davenport (2005–2007)
  • Jantel Lavender (2008–2011)
  • Samantha Prahalis (2010, 2012)
  • Tayler Hill (2012–2013)
  • Ameryst Alston (2015–2016)
  • Kelsey Mitchell (2015–2018)
  • Stephanie Mavunga (2018)
  • Dorka Juhász (2020–2021)
  • Taylor Mikesell (2022–2023)
  • Jacy Sheldon (2022, 2024)
  • Taylor Mikesell (2023)
  • Cotie McMahon (2024–2025)
  • Jaloni Cambridge (2025)
Big Ten Player of the Year
Big Ten Freshman of the Year

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