Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball
| Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball | |||||||||||
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| University | Ohio State University | ||||||||||
| Head coach | Kevin McGuff (12th season) | ||||||||||
| Conference | Big Ten | ||||||||||
| Location | Columbus, Ohio | ||||||||||
| Arena | Value City Arena (capacity: 18,809) | ||||||||||
| Nickname | Buckeyes | ||||||||||
| Colors | Scarlet and gray | ||||||||||
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| NCAA tournament runner-up | |||||||||||
| 1993 | |||||||||||
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| AIAW tournament Elite Eight | |||||||||||
| 1975 | |||||||||||
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| Conference tournament champions | |||||||||||
| 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2018* | |||||||||||
| Conference regular-season champions | |||||||||||
| 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1993, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2017*, 2018*, 2022, 2024 | |||||||||||
* vacated by NCAA | |||||||||||
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.