2023–24 Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball team

2023–24 Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball
2023–24 Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball
Big Ten regular season champions
NCAA tournament, Second round
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 14
AP	No. 16
Record	26–6 (16–2 Big Ten)
Head coach	Kevin McGuff (11th season);
Associate head coach	Carla Morrow
Assistant coaches	Wesley Brooks; Jalen Powell;
Home arena	Value City Arena
	Seasons ← 2022–23 2024–25 →

The 2023–24 Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball team represented Ohio State University during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Buckeyes were led by head coach Kevin McGuff in his 11th season, and played their games at Value City Arena as a member of the Big Ten Conference.

2023–24 Big Ten women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 16 Ohio State	16	–	2	.889	26	–	6	.813
No. 2 Iowa †	15	–	3	.833	34	–	5	.872
No. 12 Indiana	15	–	3	.833	26	–	6	.813
Michigan State	12	–	6	.667	22	–	9	.710
Nebraska	11	–	7	.611	23	–	12	.657
Michigan	9	–	9	.500	20	–	14	.588
Penn State	9	–	9	.500	22	–	13	.629
Maryland	9	–	9	.500	19	–	14	.576
Illinois	8	–	10	.444	19	–	15	.559
Wisconsin	6	–	12	.333	15	–	17	.469
Minnesota	5	–	13	.278	20	–	16	.556
Purdue	5	–	13	.278	15	–	19	.441
Northwestern	4	–	14	.222	9	–	21	.300
Rutgers	2	–	16	.111	8	–	24	.250

† 2024 Big Ten tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Previous season

The Buckeyes finished the 2022–23 season with a 28–8 record, including 12–6 in Big Ten play to finish in fourth place. They received an at-large bid to the 2023 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, and advanced to the Elite Eight for the first time since 1993, before being eliminated by Virginia Tech.^[1]^[2]

Roster

2023–24 Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Madison Greene	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	RS Sr	Pickerington Central	Pickerington, OH
G	1	Rikki Harris	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	RS Sr	North Central	Indianapolis, IN
G	2	Taylor Thierry	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Jr	Laurel	Cleveland, OH
G	3	Kennedy Cambridge	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	So	Ensworth Kentucky	Nashville, TN
G	4	Jacy Sheldon	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	GS	Dublin Coffman	Dublin, OH
G	5	Emma Shumate	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	RS So	Newark West Virginia	Dresden, OH
G	11	Kaia Henderson	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	So	New Hartford Sr	Utica, NY
G	12	Celeste Taylor	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	GS	Long Island Lutheran Duke	Valley Stream, NY
F	14	Taiyier Parks	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	GS	North Royalton Michigan State	Cleveland, OH
F	15	Karla Vres	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	GS	JENSEN gymnasium Södra (Sweden) American	Zagreb, Croatia
G	20	Diana Collins	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Brookwood	Lilburn, GA
F	22	Eboni Walker	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	GS	Centennial Syracuse	Las Vegas, NV
F	23	Rebeka Mikulášiková	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	GS	Piaristické Gymnasium	Nitra, Slovakia
F	32	Cotie McMahon	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	Centerville	Centerville, OH
C	54	Faith Carson	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Fr	Buchanan	Buchanan, MI

Head coach

Kevin McGuff (Saint Joseph's (IN))

Assistant coach(es)

Carla Morrow (Tulsa)
Wesley Brooks (West Virginia)
Jalen Powell (Mississippi)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular Season
November 6, 2023* 2:00 p.m., TruTV	No. 7	vs. No. 21 USC Naismith Hall of Fame Series	L 74–83	0–1	T-Mobile Arena Las Vegas, NV
November 12, 2023* 1:00 p.m., B1G+	No. 7	IUPUI	W 108–58	1–1	Value City Arena (4,933) Columbus, OH
November 16, 2023* 7:00 p.m., B1G+	No. 13	Boston College	W 88–66	2–1	Value City Arena (4,523) Columbus, OH
November 20, 2023* 1:30 p.m.	No. 15	vs. East Carolina Pink Flamingo Championship	W 79–55	3–1	Baha Mar Convention Center (391) Nassau, Bahamas
November 22, 2023* 6:30 p.m.	No. 15	vs. Oklahoma State Pink Flamingo Championship	W 75–57	4–1	Baha Mar Convention Center Nassau, Bahamas
November 26, 2023* 1:00 p.m., B1G+	No. 15	Cornell	W 83–40	5–1	Value City Arena (5,695) Columbus, OH
December 3, 2023* 5:00 p.m., ESPN	No. 16	at No. 20 Tennessee Jimmy V Classic	W 78–58	6–1	Thompson–Boling Arena (8,723) Knoxville, TN
December 5, 2023* 7:00 p.m., B1G+	No. 12	Ohio	W 85–45	7–1	Value City Arena (4,950) Columbus, OH
December 10, 2023 1:00 p.m., B1G+	No. 12	No. 25 Penn State	W 94–84 ^OT	8–1 (1–0)	Value City Arena (6,062) Columbus, OH
December 15, 2023* 6:00 p.m., B1G+	No. 12т	Grand Valley State	W 73–49	9–1	Value City Arena (4,583) Columbus, OH
December 18, 2023* 6:30 p.m., FS1	No. 13	No. 2 UCLA	L 71–77	9–2	Value City Arena (6,800) Columbus, OH
December 22, 2023* 1:00 p.m., B1G+	No. 13	Belmont	W 84–55	10–2	Value City Arena (6,336) Columbus, OH
December 30, 2023 12:00 p.m., Fox	No. 17	at Michigan Rivalry	L 60–69	10–3 (1–1)	Crisler Center (8,078) Ann Arbor, MI
January 5, 2024 8:00 p.m., B1G+	No. 20	at Northwestern	W 90–60	11–3 (2–1)	Welsh–Ryan Arena (1,872) Evanston, IL
January 11, 2024 6:00 p.m., BTN	No. 17	Rutgers	W 90–55	12–3 (3–1)	Value City Arena (5,227) Columbus, OH
January 14, 2024 4:00 p.m., BTN	No. 17	Michigan State	W 70–65	13–3 (4–1)	Value City Arena (7,601) Columbus, OH
January 17, 2024 7:00 p.m., Peacock	No. 18	at Maryland	W 84–76	14–3 (5–1)	Xfinity Center (5,112) College Park, MD
January 21, 2024 12:00 p.m., NBC	No. 18	No. 2 Iowa	W 100–92 ^OT	15–3 (6–1)	Value City Arena (18,660) Columbus, OH
January 25, 2024 7:00 p.m., Peacock	No. 12	at Illinois	W 67–59	16–3 (7–1)	State Farm Center (3,254) Champaign, IL
January 28, 2024 2:00 p.m., B1G+	No. 12	at Purdue	W 71–68	17–3 (8–1)	Mackey Arena (7,132) West Lafayette, IN
February 1, 2024 6:00 p.m., BTN	No. 8	Wisconsin	W 87–49	18–3 (9–1)	Value City Arena (6,672) Columbus, OH
February 4, 2024 12:00 p.m., FS1	No. 8	No. 10 Indiana	W 74–69	19–3 (10–1)	Value City Arena (10,130) Columbus, OH
February 8, 2024 9:00 p.m., Peacock	No. 5	at Minnesota	W 71–47	20–3 (11–1)	Williams Arena (3,572) Minneapolis, MN
February 11, 2024 4:00 p.m., Peacock	No. 5	at Michigan State	W 86–71	21–3 (12–1)	Breslin Student Events Center (5,753) East Lansing, MI
February 14, 2024 7:00 p.m., Peacock	No. 2	Nebraska	W 80–47	22–3 (13–1)	Value City Arena (7,115) Columbus, OH
February 22, 2024 6:00 p.m., BTN	No. 2	at Penn State Return to Rec	W 82–69	23–3 (14–1)	Rec Hall^[3] (2,501) University Park, PA
February 25, 2024 2:00 p.m., BTN	No. 2	Maryland	W 79–66	24–3 (15–1)	Value City Arena (10,790) Columbus, OH
February 28, 2024 7:00 p.m., Peacock	No. 2	Michigan Rivalry	W 67–51	25–3 (16–1)	Value City Arena (10,895) Columbus, OH
March 3, 2024 1:00 p.m., Fox	No. 2	at No. 6 Iowa College GameDay	L 83–93	25–4 (16–2)	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (14,998) Iowa City, IA
Big Ten Women's Tournament
March 8, 2024 12:30 p.m., BTN	(1) No. 4	vs. (8) Maryland Quarterfinals	L 61–82	25–5	Target Center Minneapolis, MN
NCAA Women's Tournament
March 22, 2024* 12:00 p.m., ESPN	(2 P3) No. 7	(15 P3) Maine First round	W 80–57	26–5	Value City Arena Columbus, OH
March 24, 2024* 12:00 p.m., ESPN	(2 P3) No. 7	(7 P3) Duke Second round	L 63–75	26–6	Value City Arena (8,333) Columbus, OH
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. P3=Portland 3. All times are in Eastern. Source:^[4]^[5]

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
т = Tied with team above or below
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Final
AP	7	13	15	16	12	12т	13	17	20	17	18	12	8	5	2	2	2	4	7	7	16
Coaches	6	10т	12	13	11	11	13	13	18	16	15	12	7	5	2	2	2	4	9	9	14

References

^ "Ohio State Advances to Elite Eight for First Time Since 1993". ohiostatebuckeyes.com. March 25, 2023. Retrieved October 30, 2023.
^ "Ohio State Falls in Elite Eight to Virginia Tech". ohiostatebuckeyes.com. March 28, 2023. Retrieved October 30, 2023.
^ "Men's and Women's Basketball Teams to Host Return to Rec Games This Season". Penn State University Athletics. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
^ "2023-24 Women's Basketball Schedule". ohiostatebuckeyes.com. Retrieved October 30, 2023.
^ "Big Ten 2023-24 Women's Basketball Schedule Unveiled". ohiostatebuckeyes.com. September 21, 2023. Retrieved October 30, 2023.

[1] "Ohio State Advances to Elite Eight for First Time Since 1993". ohiostatebuckeyes.com. March 25, 2023. Retrieved October 30, 2023.

[2] "Ohio State Falls in Elite Eight to Virginia Tech". ohiostatebuckeyes.com. March 28, 2023. Retrieved October 30, 2023.

[3] "Men's and Women's Basketball Teams to Host Return to Rec Games This Season". Penn State University Athletics. Retrieved 21 February 2024.

[4] "2023-24 Women's Basketball Schedule". ohiostatebuckeyes.com. Retrieved October 30, 2023.

[5] "Big Ten 2023-24 Women's Basketball Schedule Unveiled". ohiostatebuckeyes.com. September 21, 2023. Retrieved October 30, 2023.

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