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
Record28–7 (15–1 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Patrick Klein
  • Mark Mitchell
  • Carrie Banks
Home arenaValue City Arena
Seasons
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

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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
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
Rivalry
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

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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 8 8 10 12 13 13 13 13 11 13 14 14 13 12 9 8 10 10 10

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "The Ohio State University official athletic site : Women's Basketball". OhioStateBuckeyes.com. Archived from the original on November 24, 2017. Retrieved June 7, 2017.