2015–16 Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball team

The 2015–16 Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball team will represent the Ohio State University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Buckeyes, led by third year head coach Kevin McGuff, play their home games at Value City Arena and were members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 24–11, 15–3 in Big Ten play to finish in second place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament where they lost to Michigan State. They received at-large bid of the NCAA Women's Tournament where they defeated Buffalo and West Virginia in the first and second rounds round before losing to Tennessee in the sweet sixteen.

2015–16 Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball
South Point Thanksgiving Shootout Champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, Sweet Sixteen
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 10
APNo. 9
2015–16 record268 (153 B1G)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Joy Cheek
  • Patrick Klein
  • Mark Mitchell
Home arenaValue City Arena
2015–16 Big Ten women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 5 Maryland162 .889  314  .886
No. 9 Ohio State153 .833  268  .765
No. 16 Michigan State135 .722  259  .735
Indiana126 .667  2112  .636
Minnesota117 .611  2012  .625
Purdue108 .556  2012  .625
Michigan99 .500  2114  .600
Nebraska99 .500  1813  .581
Iowa810 .444  1914  .576
Rutgers810 .444  1915  .559
Penn State612 .333  1219  .387
Northwestern414 .222  1817  .514
Wisconsin315 .167  722  .241
Illinois216 .111  921  .300
2016 Big Ten Tournament winner
As of March 31, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

2015–16 Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
G 00 Kaylan Pugh 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) FrSt. Mary's Episcopal Collierville, TN
F 1 Kalpana Beach 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS JrWestlake Westlake, OH
G 3 Kelsey Mitchell 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) SoPrinceton Cincinnati, OH
G 4 Sierra Calhoun (I)  6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) SoChrist the King
Duke
Brooklyn, NY
F 5 Chelsea Mitchell 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) RS FrPrinceton Cincinnati, OH
G 12 Kianna Holland 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS FrSeneca Seneca, SC
G 13 Cait Craft 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) SrLiberty-Benton Findlay, OH
G 14 Ameryst Alston 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) SrMcKinley Canton, OH
G 20 Asia Doss 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) SoCountry Day School Detroit, MI
C 21 Lisa Blair 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) RS JrNazareth Regional Brooklyn, NY
F 22 Alexa Hart 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) SoAfricentric Columbus, OH
F 23 Stephanie Mavunga (I)  6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) JrBrownsburg
North Carolina
Brownsburg, IN
F 24 Makayla Waterman 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS FrFairmont Kettering, OH
F 32 Shayla Cooper 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) JrNorcross Norcross, GA
C 34 Theresa Ekhelar 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) FrLife Center Academy Woodbridge, NJ
Head coach

Kevin McGuff (Saint Joseph's (IN))

Assistant coach(es)

Joy Cheek (Duke)
Patrick Klein (Ohio State)
Mark Mitchell (Eastern Kentucky)


Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
11/01/2015*
2:00 pm
No. 6 Ursuline W 113–61 
Value City Arena (3,824)
Columbus, OH
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2015*
7:00 pm
No. 6 at No. 2 South Carolina L 80–88  0–1
Colonial Life Arena (16,815)
Columbia, SC
11/16/2015*
5:30 pm, ESPN2
No. 7 No. 1 Connecticut
College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon
L 56–100  0–2
Value City Arena (11,435)
Columbus, OH
11/19/2015*
7:00 pm
No. 7 Belmont W 84–56  1–2
Value City Arena (3,826)
Columbus, OH
11/22/2015*
2:00 pm
No. 7 Wagner W 106–47  2–2
St. John Arena (3,803)
Columbus, OH
11/27/2015*
5:15 pm
No. 11 vs. Liberty
South Point Thanksgiving Shootout
W 75–65  3–2
South Point Arena 
Enterprise, NV
11/28/2015*
3:00 pm
No. 11 vs. No. 10 Texas A&M
South Point Thanksgiving Shootout
W 95–80  4–2
South Point Arena 
Enterprise, NV
12/02/2015*
7:00 pm, ESPN3
No. 10 at No. 3 Notre Dame
ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge
L 72–75  4–3
Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,609)
South Bend, IN
12/06/2015*
1:00 pm, CBSSN
No. 10 at Cincinnati W 105–76  5–3
Fifth Third Arena (1,767)
Cincinnati, OH
12/13/2015*
2:00 pm
No. 10 North Carolina A&T W 89–56  6–3
Value City Arena (4,577)
Columbus, OH
12/18/2015*
7:00 pm
No. 10 Princeton W 90–70  7–3
Value City Arena (4,639)
Columbus, OH
12/21/2015*
7:00 pm
No. 9 Virginia W 93–73  8–3
Value City Arena (4,778)
Columbus, OH
Big Ten regular season
12/31/2015
12:00 pm, BTN
No. 9 No. 24 Michigan State W 85–80  9–3 (1–0)
Value City Arena (5,631)
Columbus, OH
01/02/2016
12:00 pm, CBS
No. 9 at No. 6 Maryland W 80–71  10–3 (2–0)
Xfinity Center (10,119)
College Park, MD
01/07/2016
7:00 pm
No. 5 Indiana W 97–70  11–3 (3–0)
Value City Arena (4,420)
Columbus, OH
01/10/2016
2:00 pm
No. 5 Rutgers W 90–78  12–3 (4–0)
Value City Arena (6,081)
Columbus, OH
01/14/2016
8:00 pm, BTN
No. 5 at Northwestern L 82–86  12–4 (4–1)
Welsh-Ryan Arena (852)
Evanston, IL
01/17/2016
2:00 pm, BTN
No. 5 Purdue W 90–70  13–4 (5–1)
Value City Arena (7,418)
Columbus, OH
01/21/2016
6:00 pm, BTN
No. 7 at Michigan W 97–93  14–4 (6–1)
Crisler Center (2,093)
Ann Arbor, MI
01/24/2016
3:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 7 at Rutgers W 67–58  15–4 (7–1)
Louis Brown Athletic Center (1,510)
Piscataway, NJ
01/28/2016
7:00 pm, BTN
No. 7 Northwestern W 76–73  16–4 (8–1)
Value City Arena (4,606)
Columbus, OH
02/01/2016
7:00 pm, BTN
No. 7 at Illinois W 80–70  17–4 (9–1)
State Farm Center (1,517)
Champaign, IL
02/04/2016
7:00 pm
No. 7 Wisconsin W 87–61  18–4 (10–1)
Value City Arena (4,267)
Columbus, OH
02/08/2016
9:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 7 No. 5 Maryland W 94–86  19–4 (11–1)
Value City Arena (4,911)
Columbus, OH
02/11/2016
8:30 pm, BTN
No. 7 Iowa W 98–81  20–4 (12–1)
Value City Arena (3,667)
Columbus, OH
02/14/2016
2:00 pm, BTN
No. 7 at Penn State W 77–63  21–4 (13–1)
Bryce Jordan Center 
University Park, PA
02/18/2016
6:00 pm, BTN
No. 5 Nebraska W 96–70  22–4 (14–1)
Value City Arena (5,243)
Columbus, OH
02/21/2016
2:00 pm
No. 5 Illinois W 117–74  23–4 (15–1)
Value City Arena (8,247)
Columbus, OH
02/24/2016
8:00 pm
No. 5 at Minnesota L 88–90 OT 23–5 (15–2)
Williams Arena (6,434)
Minneapolis, MN
02/27/2016
2:00 pm, BTN
No. 5 at No. 20 Michigan State L 105–107 3OT 23–6 (15–3)
Breslin Center (8,631)
East Lansing, MI
Big Ten Women's Tournament
03/04/2016
6:30 pm, BTN
(2) No. 9 vs. (10) Rutgers
Quarterfinals
W 73–58  24–6
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 
Indianapolis, IN
03/05/2016
5:30 pm, BTN
(2) No. 9 vs. (3) No. 19 Michigan State
Semifinals
L 63–82  24–7
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 
Indianapolis, IN
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/18/2016*
2:30 pm, ESPN2
(3 SF) No. 9 vs. (14 SF) Buffalo
First Round
W 88–69  25–7
St. John Arena (2,626)
Columbus, OH
03/20/2016*
12:00 pm, ESPN2
(3 SF) No. 9 vs. (6 SF) No. 23 West Virginia
Second Round
W 88–81  26–7
St. John Arena (2,558)
Columbus, OH
03/25/2016*
9:30 pm, ESPN2
(3 SF) No. 9 vs. (7 SF) Tennessee
Sweet Sixteen
L 62–78  26–8
Denny Sanford Premier Center (4,610)
Sioux Falls, SD
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. SF=Sioux Falls Region.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings

Regular Season Polls
PollPre-
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Final
AP 6 7 11 10 10 10 9 9 5 5 7 7 7 7 5 5 9 9 9 N/A
Coaches 10 14т 14 12 13 12 10 9 5 5 7 7 7 6 5 5 9 9 9 10
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
(RV)   Received Votes

See also

2015–16 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team

References

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