2016–17 Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball team

The 2016–17 Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball team represented the Ohio State University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Buckeyes, led by fourth year head coach Kevin McGuff, played their home games at Value City Arena and were members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 28–7, 15–1 in Big Ten play to win a share of the Big Ten regular season title with Maryland. They defeated Northwestern in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament before losing to Purdue. They received at-large bid of the NCAA Women's Tournament as the No. 5 seed in the Lexington region. There they defeated Western Kentucky and Kentucky to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. In the Sweet Sixteen, they lost to Notre Dame.

2016–17 Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball
Big Ten regular season co-champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, Sweet Sixteen
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 10
APNo. 9
2016–17 record287 (151 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Patrick Klein
  • Mark Mitchell
  • Carrie Banks
Home arenaValue City Arena
2016–17 Big Ten women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 4 Maryland151 .938  323  .914
No. 11 Ohio State*151 .938  287  .800
Michigan115 .688  289  .757
Indiana106 .625  2311  .676
Purdue106 .625  2313  .639
Michigan State97 .563  2112  .636
Penn State97 .563  2111  .656
Northwestern88 .500  2011  .645
Iowa88 .500  2014  .588
Minnesota511 .313  1516  .484
Illinois313 .188  922  .290
Wisconsin313 .188  922  .290
Nebraska313 .188  722  .241
Rutgers313 .188  624  .200
2017 Big Ten Tournament winner
*Tournament #1 seed
Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

2016–17 Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
F 0 Tori McCoy 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) FrSt. Thomas More Champaign, Illinois
F 1 Stephanie Mavunga 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS JrBrownsburg
North Carolina
Brownsburg, IN
G 3 Kelsey Mitchell 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) JrPrinceton Cincinnati, OH
G 4 Sierra Calhoun 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS SoChrist the King
Duke
Brooklyn, NY
F 5 Chelsea Mitchell 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) RS SoPrinceton Cincinnati, OH
G 12 Kianna Holland 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS SoSeneca Seneca, SC
G 15 Linnae Harper 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) RS JrWhitney Young
Kentucky
Chicago, IL
G 20 Asia Doss 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) JrCountry Day School Detroit, MI
F 22 Alexa Hart 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) JrAfricentric Columbus, OH
G 23 Kiara Lewis 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) FrWhitney Young Chicago, IL
F 24 Makayla Waterman 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS SoFairmont Kettering, OH
F 32 Shayla Cooper 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) SrNorcross Norcross, GA
G 33 Jensen Caretti 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) FrRiver Clarington, OH
C 34 Theresa Ekhelar 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) SoLife Center Academy Woodbridge, NJ
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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
11/06/2016*
1:00 pm
No. 7 Ashland W 88–79 
Value City Arena (4,831)
Columbus, OH
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016*
12:00 pm
No. 7 Duquesne W 89–69  1–0
St. John Arena (3,434)
Columbus, OH
11/14/2016*
6:00 pm
No. 7 No. 4 South Carolina L 80–92  1–1
Value City Arena (6,683)
Columbus, OH
11/16/2016*
7:00 pm
No. 7 Cleveland State W 96–78  2–1
Value City Arena (4,023)
Columbus, OH
11/19/2016*
12:00 pm
No. 7 LIU Brooklyn W 113–54  3–1
Value City Arena (4,296)
Columbus, OH
11/25/2016*
5:00 pm
No. 8 vs. Florida Gulf Coast
Gulf Coast Showcase quarterfinals
W 79–66  4–1
Germain Arena 
Estero, FL
11/26/2016*
7:30 pm
No. 8 vs. No. 11 Syracuse
Gulf Coast Showcase semifinals
W 77–72  5–1
Germain Arena 
Estero, FL
11/27/2016*
7:30 pm
No. 8 vs. No. 5 Baylor
Gulf Coast Showcase championship
L 68–85  5–2
Germain Arena 
Estero, FL
12/01/2016*
7:00 pm, BTN
No. 9 No. 18 Miami (FL)
ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge
L 89–94 OT 5–3
Value City Arena (4,165)
Columbus, OH
12/04/2016*
2:00 pm
No. 9 Cincinnati W 80–38  6–3
Value City Arena (5,850)
Columbus, OH
12/07/2016*
7:00 pm
No. 12 Southern W 108–73  7–3
Value City Arena (3,973)
Columbus, OH
12/11/2016*
2:00 pm
No. 12 Canisius W 89–56  8–3
Value City Arena (4,598)
Columbus, OH
12/16/2016*
7:00 pm
No. 12 Alabama State W 118–61  9–3
Value City Arena (4,469)
Columbus, OH
12/19/2016*
7:00 pm, CBSSN
No. 12 at No. 1 Connecticut L 63–82  9–4
XL Center (9,379)
Hartford, CT
12/21/2016*
7:00 pm
No. 12 Winthrop W 88–48  10–4
Value City Arena (4,347)
Columbus, OH
Big Ten regular season
12/28/2016
7:00 pm
No. 14 Minnesota W 87–62  11–4 (1–0)
Value City Arena (7,105)
Columbus, OH
12/31/2016
3:00 pm, CBS
No. 14 at Indiana W 92–82  12–4 (2–0)
Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (4,281)
Bloomington, IN
01/03/2017
9:00 pm, BTN
No. 11 at Northwestern W 94–87  13–4 (3–0)
Welsh-Ryan Arena (971)
Evanston, IL
01/07/2017
12:00 pm, BTN
No. 11 Michigan W 96–87  14–4 (4–0)
Value City Arena (6,636)
Columbus, OH
01/10/2017
8:00 pm, BTN
No. 11 at Michigan State L 75–94  14–5 (4–1)
Breslin Center (5,538)
East Lansing, MI
01/15/2017
3:30 pm, ESPN2
No. 11 at Purdue W 61–56  15–5 (5–1)
Mackey Arena (6,803)
West Lafayette, IN
01/19/2017
7:00 pm
No. 16 Wisconsin W 70–61  16–5 (6–1)
Value City Arena (4,466)
Columbus, OH
01/22/2017
5:00 pm
No. 16 Illinois W 88–64  17–5 (7–1)
Value City Arena (5,694)
Columbus, OH
01/26/2016
8:00 pm
No. 15 at Minnesota W 88–76  18–5 (8–1)
Williams Arena (2,896)
Minneapolis, MN
01/29/2017
12:00 pm, BTN
No. 15 Nebraska W 95–75  19–5 (9–1)
Value City Arena (6,457)
Columbus, OH
02/01/2017
7:00 pm
No. 14 Penn State W 87–72  20–5 (10–1)
Value City Arena (4,541)
Columbus, OH
02/04/2017
2:00 pm, BTN
No. 14 at Wisconsin W 96–68  21–5 (11–1)
Kohl Center (4,454)
Madison, WI
02/12/2017
12:00 pm, BTN
No. 13 Iowa W 88–81  22–5 (12–1)
Value City Arena (6,679)
Columbus, OH
02/16/2017
8:00 pm
No. 12 at Nebraska W 87–69  23–5 (13–1)
Pinnacle Bank Arena (4,278)
Lincoln, NE
02/20/2017
7:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 12 No. 2 Maryland W 98–87  24–5 (14–1)
Value City Arena (6,505)
Columbus, OH
02/26/2017
3:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 12 at Rutgers W 75–43  25–5 (15–1)
Louis Brown Athletic Center (3,061)
Piscataway, NJ
Big Ten Women's Tournament
03/03/2017
12:00 pm, BTN
(1) No. 9 vs. (9) Northwestern
Quarterfinals
W 99–68  26–5
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 
Indianapolis, IN
03/04/2017
3:00 pm, BTN
(1) No. 9 vs. (5) Purdue
Semifinals
L 60–71  26–6
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 
Indianapolis, IN
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/17/2017*
5:30 PM, ESPN2
(5 L) No. 11 vs. (12 L) Western Kentucky
First Round
W 70–63  27–6
Memorial Coliseum (3,557)
Lexington, KY
03/19/2017*
12:00 PM, ESPN2
(5) No. 11 L at (4) No. 18 Kentucky
Second Round
W 82–68  28–6
Memorial Coliseum (2,644)
Lexington, KY
03/24/2017*
7:00 PM, ESPN
(5 L) No. 11 vs. (1 L) No. 2 Notre Dame
Sweet Sixteen
L 76–99  28–7
Rupp Arena (2,527)
Lexington, KY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. L=Lexington Region.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings

Ranking Movement
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.
PollPreWk 2Wk 3Wk 4Wk 5Wk 6Wk 7Wk 8Wk 9Wk 10Wk 11Wk 12Wk 13Wk 14Wk 15Wk 16Wk 17Wk 18Wk 19Final
AP 7 7 8 9 12 12 12 14 11 11 16 15 14 13 12 12 9 11 11 N/A
Coaches 8 8 10 12 13 13 13 13 11 13 14 14 13 12 9 8 10 10 10

See also

References

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