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
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 10
AP	No. 9
2015–16 record	26–8 (15–3 B1G)
Head coach	Kevin McGuff (3rd season)
Assistant coaches	Joy Cheek Patrick Klein Mark Mitchell
Home arena	Value City Arena

2015–16 Big Ten women's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 5 Maryland†	16	–	2		.889			31	–	4		.886
No. 9 Ohio State	15	–	3		.833			26	–	8		.765
No. 16 Michigan State	13	–	5		.722			25	–	9		.735
Indiana	12	–	6		.667			21	–	12		.636
Minnesota	11	–	7		.611			20	–	12		.625
Purdue	10	–	8		.556			20	–	12		.625
Michigan	9	–	9		.500			21	–	14		.600
Nebraska	9	–	9		.500			18	–	13		.581
Iowa	8	–	10		.444			19	–	14		.576
Rutgers	8	–	10		.444			19	–	15		.559
Penn State	6	–	12		.333			12	–	19		.387
Northwestern	4	–	14		.222			18	–	17		.514
Wisconsin	3	–	15		.167			7	–	22		.241
Illinois	2	–	16		.111			9	–	21		.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
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 00 Kaylan Pugh 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr St. Mary's Episcopal Collierville, TN F 1 Kalpana Beach 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS Jr Westlake Westlake, OH G 3 Kelsey Mitchell 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Princeton Cincinnati, OH G 4 Sierra Calhoun (I)  6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Christ the King Duke Brooklyn, NY F 5 Chelsea Mitchell 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) RS Fr Princeton Cincinnati, OH G 12 Kianna Holland 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS Fr Seneca Seneca, SC G 13 Cait Craft 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Liberty-Benton Findlay, OH G 14 Ameryst Alston 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr McKinley Canton, OH G 20 Asia Doss 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) So Country Day School Detroit, MI C 21 Lisa Blair 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) RS Jr Nazareth Regional Brooklyn, NY F 22 Alexa Hart 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So Africentric Columbus, OH F 23 Stephanie Mavunga (I)  6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr Brownsburg North Carolina Brownsburg, IN F 24 Makayla Waterman 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS Fr Fairmont Kettering, OH F 32 Shayla Cooper 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Norcross Norcross, GA C 34 Theresa Ekhelar 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Fr Life 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 Injured Current redshirt 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

Main article: 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls

Poll	Pre- Season	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Week 16	Week 17	Week 18	Week 19	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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