2015–16 Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball team

Intercollegiate basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Women's basketball 2015–16 Ohio State Buckeyes Ohio State Buckeyes logo.svg Big Ten Conference B1G 10 9 26–8 15–3 Kevin McGuff 3rd Joy Cheek Patrick Klein Mark Mitchell Value City Arena South Point Thanksgiving Shootout Champions NCAA Women's Tournament Sweet Sixteen The 2015–16 Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball team represented 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, played 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 an at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament, where they defeated Buffalo and West Virginia in the first and second rounds before losing to Tennessee in the sweet sixteen. Roster w 2015 Ohio State Buckeyes y y w Kaylan Pugh n 00 G 5 9 FR Collierville, TN St. Mary's Episcopal w Kalpana Beach n 1 F 6 1 JR y Westlake, OH Westlake w Kelsey Mitchell basketball y 3 G 5 8 SO Cincinnati, OH Princeton w Sierra Calhoun n 4 G 6 0 SO Brooklyn, NY Christ the KingDuke yes I w Chelsea Mitchell n 5 F 5 11 FR y Cincinnati, OH Princeton w Kianna Holland n 12 G 5 9 FR y Seneca, SC Seneca w Cait Craft n 13 G 5 8 SR Findlay, OH Liberty-Benton w Ameryst Alston n 14 G 5 9 SR Canton, OH McKinley w Asia Doss n 20 G 5 7 SO Detroit, MI Country Day School w Lisa Blair n 21 C 6 6 JR y Brooklyn, NY Nazareth Regional w Alexa Hart n 22 F 6 3 SO Columbus, OH Africentric w Stephanie Mavunga n 23 F 6 3 JR Brownsburg, IN BrownsburgNorth Carolina yes I w Makayla Waterman n 24 F 6 2 FR y Kettering, OH Fairmont w Shayla Cooper n 32 F 6 2 JR Norcross, GA Norcross w Theresa Ekhelar n 34 C 6 6 FR Woodbridge, NJ Life Center Academy Kevin McGuff (Saint Joseph's (IN)) Joy Cheek (Duke) Patrick Klein (Ohio State) Mark Mitchell (Eastern Kentucky) http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/osu-w-baskbl-mtt.html Schedule http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/sports/w-baskbl/sched/osu-w-baskbl-sched.html OhioStateBuckeyes.com :: The Ohio State University official athletic site :: Women's Basketball 2015-08-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20171124162357/http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/sports/w-baskbl/sched/osu-w-baskbl-sched.html 2017-11-24 dead yes 2015-16 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings 2015 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#B31021; color:#999999;"| Exhibition 11/01/2015 2:00 pm yes 6 Ursuline Value City Arena Columbus, OH 3,824 113–61 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#B31021; color:#999999;"| Non-conference regular season 11/13/2015 7:00 pm yes yes 6 South Carolina 2 Colonial Life Arena Columbia, SC 16,815 80–88 0–1 11/16/2015 5:30 pm yes 7 Connecticut 1 Value City Arena Columbus, OH College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon 11,435 ESPN2 56–100 0–2 11/19/2015 7:00 pm yes 7 Belmont Value City Arena Columbus, OH 3,826 84–56 1–2 11/22/2015 2:00 pm yes 7 Wagner St. John Arena Columbus, OH 3,803 106–47 2–2 11/27/2015 5:15 pm yes yes 11 Liberty South Point Arena Enterprise, NV South Point Thanksgiving Shootout   75–65 3–2 11/28/2015 3:00 pm yes yes 11 Texas A&M 10 South Point Arena Enterprise, NV South Point Thanksgiving Shootout   95–80 4–2 12/02/2015 7:00 pm yes yes 10 Notre Dame 3 Edmund P. Joyce Center South Bend, IN ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge 8,609 ESPN3 72–75 4–3 12/06/2015 1:00 pm yes yes 10 Cincinnati Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati, OH 1,767 CBSSN 105–76 5–3 12/13/2015 2:00 pm yes 10 North Carolina A&T Value City Arena Columbus, OH 4,577 89–56 6–3 12/18/2015 7:00 pm yes 10 Princeton Value City Arena Columbus, OH 4,639 90–70 7–3 12/21/2015 7:00 pm yes 9 Virginia Value City Arena Columbus, OH 4,778 93–73 8–3 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#B31021; color:#999999;"| Big Ten regular season 12/31/2015 12:00 pm 9 Michigan State 24 Value City Arena Columbus, OH 5,631 BTN 85–80 9–3 (1–0) 01/02/2016 12:00 pm yes 9 Maryland 6 Xfinity Center College Park, MD 10,119 CBS 80–71 10–3 (2–0) 01/07/2016 7:00 pm 5 Indiana Value City Arena Columbus, OH 4,420 97–70 11–3 (3–0) 01/10/2016 2:00 pm 5 Rutgers Value City Arena Columbus, OH 6,081 90–78 12–3 (4–0) 01/14/2016 8:00 pm yes 5 Northwestern Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL 852 BTN 82–86 12–4 (4–1) 01/17/2016 2:00 pm 5 Purdue Value City Arena Columbus, OH 7,418 BTN 90–70 13–4 (5–1) 01/21/2016 6:00 pm yes 7 Michigan Crisler Center Ann Arbor, MI Rivalry 2,093 BTN 97–93 14–4 (6–1) 01/24/2016 3:00 pm yes 7 Rutgers Louis Brown Athletic Center Piscataway, NJ 1,510 ESPN2 67–58 15–4 (7–1) 01/28/2016 7:00 pm 7 Northwestern Value City Arena Columbus, OH 4,606 BTN 76–73 16–4 (8–1) 02/01/2016 7:00 pm yes 7 Illinois State Farm Center Champaign, IL 1,517 BTN 80–70 17–4 (9–1) 02/04/2016 7:00 pm 7 Wisconsin Value City Arena Columbus, OH 4,267 87–61 18–4 (10–1) 02/08/2016 9:00 pm 7 Maryland 5 Value City Arena Columbus, OH 4,911 ESPN2 94–86 19–4 (11–1) 02/11/2016 8:30 pm 7 Iowa Value City Arena Columbus, OH 3,667 BTN 98–81 20–4 (12–1) 02/14/2016 2:00 pm yes 7 Penn State Bryce Jordan Center University Park, PA   BTN 77–63 21–4 (13–1) 02/18/2016 6:00 pm 5 Nebraska Value City Arena Columbus, OH 5,243 BTN 96–70 22–4 (14–1) 02/21/2016 2:00 pm 5 Illinois Value City Arena Columbus, OH 8,247 117–74 23–4 (15–1) 02/24/2016 8:00 pm yes 5 Minnesota Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN 6,434 88–90 OT 23–5 (15–2) 02/27/2016 2:00 pm yes 5 Michigan State 20 Breslin Center East Lansing, MI 8,631 BTN 105–107 3OT 23–6 (15–3) |- !colspan=9 style="background:#B31021; color:#999999;"| Big Ten Women's Tournament 03/04/2016 6:30 pm yes 9 2 Rutgers 10 Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN Quarterfinals   BTN 73–58 24–6 03/05/2016 5:30 pm yes 9 2 Michigan State 19 3 Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN Semifinals   BTN 63–82 24–7 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#B31021; color:#999999;"| NCAA Women's Tournament 03/18/2016 2:30 pm yes yes 9 3 SF Buffalo 14 SF St. John Arena Columbus, OH First Round 2,626 ESPN2 88–69 25–7 03/20/2016 12:00 pm yes yes 9 3 SF West Virginia 23 6 SF St. John Arena Columbus, OH Second Round 2,558 ESPN2 88–81 26–7 03/25/2016 9:30 pm yes yes 9 3 SF Tennessee 7 SF Denny Sanford Premier Center Sioux Falls, SD Sweet Sixteen 4,610 ESPN2 62–78 26–8 AP Poll Eastern Time SF Sioux Falls Region Rankings 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings + Regular season pollsPoll Pre-season Week2 Week3 Week4 Week5 Week6 Week7 Week8 Week9 Week10 Week11 Week12 Week13 Week14 Week15 Week16 Week17 Week18 Week19 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 Category:Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball seasons Ohio State Ohio State Ohio State Buckeyes Ohio State Buckeyes