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
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 10
AP	No. 9
2016–17 record	28–7 (15–1 Big Ten)
Head coach	Kevin McGuff (4th season)
Assistant coaches	Patrick Klein Mark Mitchell Carrie Banks
Home arena	Value City Arena

2016–17 Big Ten women's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 4 Maryland^†	15	–	1		.938			32	–	3		.914
No. 11 Ohio State*	15	–	1		.938			28	–	7		.800
Michigan	11	–	5		.688			28	–	9		.757
Indiana	10	–	6		.625			23	–	11		.676
Purdue	10	–	6		.625			23	–	13		.639
Michigan State	9	–	7		.563			21	–	12		.636
Penn State	9	–	7		.563			21	–	11		.656
Northwestern	8	–	8		.500			20	–	11		.645
Iowa	8	–	8		.500			20	–	14		.588
Minnesota	5	–	11		.313			15	–	16		.484
Illinois	3	–	13		.188			9	–	22		.290
Wisconsin	3	–	13		.188			9	–	22		.290
Nebraska	3	–	13		.188			7	–	22		.241
Rutgers	3	–	13		.188			6	–	24		.200
† 2017 Big Ten Tournament winner *Tournament #1 seed Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

2016–17 Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown F 0 Tori McCoy 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Fr St. Thomas More Champaign, Illinois F 1 Stephanie Mavunga 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS Jr Brownsburg North Carolina Brownsburg, IN G 3 Kelsey Mitchell 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Princeton Cincinnati, OH G 4 Sierra Calhoun 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS So Christ the King Duke Brooklyn, NY F 5 Chelsea Mitchell 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) RS So Princeton Cincinnati, OH G 12 Kianna Holland 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS So Seneca Seneca, SC G 15 Linnae Harper 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) RS Jr Whitney Young Kentucky Chicago, IL G 20 Asia Doss 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr Country Day School Detroit, MI F 22 Alexa Hart 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr Africentric Columbus, OH G 23 Kiara Lewis 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Whitney Young Chicago, IL F 24 Makayla Waterman 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS So Fairmont Kettering, OH F 32 Shayla Cooper 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr Norcross Norcross, GA G 33 Jensen Caretti 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr River Clarington, OH C 34 Theresa Ekhelar 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) So Life Center Academy Woodbridge, NJ	Head coach Kevin McGuff (Saint Joseph's (IN)) Assistant coach(es) Patrick Klein (Ohio State) Mark Mitchell (Eastern Kentucky) Carrie Banks (Detroit) 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
11/06/2016* 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

Main article: 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Ranking Movement
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.

Poll	Pre	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Wk 17	Wk 18	Wk 19	Final
AP	7	7	8	9	12	12	12	14	11	11	16	15	14	13	12	12	9	11	11	N/A
Coaches	6т	8	8	10	12	13	13	13	13	11	13	14	14	13	12	9	8	10	10	10

See also

• 2016–17 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team

References

1. "The Ohio State University Official Athletic Site The Ohio State University Official Athletic Site : Women's Basketball". OhioStateBuckeyes.com. Archived from the original on 2017-11-24. Retrieved 2017-06-07.