Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball

Ohio State Buckeyes
Ohio State Buckeyes
	2013–14 Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball team
University	The Ohio State University
Head coach	Kevin McGuff (1st season)
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Arena	Value City Arena ; (capacity: 19,500)
Nickname	Buckeyes
Colors	Scarlet and Gray;
Uniforms
Home	Away ;
NCAA tournament Final Four
	1993
NCAA tournament Elite Eight
	1975, 1985, 1987, 1993
NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen
	1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1993, 2005, 2009, 2011
NCAA tournament second round
	1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1996, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011
NCAA tournament appearances
	1975, 1978, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1996, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
Conference tournament champions
	2006, 2009, 2010, 2011
Conference regular season champions
	1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1993, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010

The Ohio State women's basketball team represents The Ohio State University and plays its home games in the Value City Arena at the Jerome Schottenstein Center, which they moved into in 1998. Prior to 1998, they played at St. John Arena. They have won 12 Big Ten titles, which is the most in the conference^[1] and have twenty appearances in the NCAA Tournament, the most recent being in 2010. In 1993, they lost to Sheryl Swoopes and the Texas Tech Red Raiders 84-82 for the national title. They captured the NIT title in 2001, beating the New Mexico Lobos 62-61.^[2] Notable alumni include former All-Americans Katie Smith and Jessica Davenport. They are currently coached by Kevin McGuff, who was most recently the head coach at the University of Washington.

2013–14 Roster

2013–14 Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
C	33	Ashley Adams	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	Sr	Siloam Springs	Siloam Springs, Ark.
G	14	Ameryst Alston	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	McKinley	Canton, Ohio
F	1	Kalpana Beach	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	RS So	Westlake	Westlake, Ohio
C	21	Lisa Blair	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	So	Nazareth Regional	Brooklyn, N.Y.
G	13	Cait Craft	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	So	Liberty-Benton	Findlay, Ohio
C	15	Aleksandra Dobranic	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	RS Sr	Isidora Sekulic	Novi Sad, Serbia
F	23	Martina Ellerbe	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Sr	Saint Mary's	Teaneck, N.J.
G	31	Raven Ferguson	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Jr	Africentric	Columbus, Ohio
G	11	Shelbi Honeycutt	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Jr	Siloam Springs	Siloam Springs, Ark.
G	12	Maleeka Kynard	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Jr	Start	Toledo, Ohio
C	22	Darryce Moore	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Sr	Boardman	Youngstown, Ohio
G	25	Amy Scullion	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	RS Jr	Salem	Salem, Ohio

Head coach

Kevin McGuff

Assistant coach(es)

Joy Cheek
Patrick Klein
Mark Mitchell

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2013-08-16

Year by year results

Conference tournament winners noted with # Source ^[3]

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason	Coaches' poll	AP poll
Phyllis J. Bailey (Independent) (1965–1970)
1965-66	Phyllis J. Bailey	3–4	–
1966-67	Phyllis J. Bailey	5–3	–
1967-68	Phyllis J. Bailey	5–1	–
1968-69	Phyllis J. Bailey	8–2	–		CIAW First Round
1969-70	Phyllis J. Bailey	7–0	–
Phyllis J. Bailey:		28–10	–
Mary Combs (Independent) (1970–1972)
1970-71	Mary Combs	4–2	–
1971-72	Mary Combs	10–4	–		MAIAW
Mary Combs:		14–6	–
Debbie Wilson (Independent) (1972–1980)
1972-73	Debbie Wilson	15–1	–		MAIAW
1973-74	Debbie Wilson	18–2	–		MAIAW
1974-75	Debbie Wilson	19–5	–		AIAW First Round
1975-76	Debbie Wilson	26–6	–		MAIAW
1976-77	Debbie Wilson	21–7	–		MAIAW
1977-78	Debbie Wilson	23–8	–		AIAW First Round		16
1978-79	Debbie Wilson	19–11	–		MAIAW
1979-80	Debbie Wilson	16–18	–		MAIAW
Debbie Wilson:		157–58	–
Tara VanDerveer (Independent, Big Ten) (1980–1985)
1980-81	Tara VanDerveer	17–15	–		MAIAW
Big Ten Conference
1981-82	Tara VanDerveer	20–7	3–0	1st#	NCAA First Round
1982-83	Tara VanDerveer	23–5	15–3	T-1st
1983-84	Tara VanDerveer	22–7	17–1	1st	NCAA First Round		19
1984-85	Tara VanDerveer	28–3	18–0	1st	NCAA Quarterfinals		7
Tara VanDerveer:		110–37	53–4
Nancy Darsch (Big Ten) (1985–1997)
1985-86	Nancy Darsch	23–7	16–2	1st	NCAA Sixteen	17	12
1986-87	Nancy Darsch	26–5	17–1	T-1st	NCAA Quarterfinals	8	10
1987-88	Nancy Darsch	25–5	16–2	2nd	NCAA Sixteen	9	6
1988-89	Nancy Darsch	24–6	16–2	T-1st	NCAA Sixteen	9	14
1989-90	Nancy Darsch	18–12	11–7	T-4th	NCAA Second Round (Play-In)
1990-91	Nancy Darsch	11–17	8–10	T-5th
1991-92	Nancy Darsch	15–13	9–9	5th
1992-93	Nancy Darsch	28–4	16–2	T-1st	NCAA Finals	2	3
1993-94	Nancy Darsch	14–14	7–11	T-7th
1994-95	Nancy Darsch	17–13	7–9	T-7th
1995-96	Nancy Darsch	21–13	8–8	T-6th	NCAA Second Round
1996-97	Nancy Darsch	12–16	3–13	10th
Nancy Darsch:		234–125	134–76
Beth Burns (Big Ten) (1997–2002)
1997-98	Beth Burns	15–12	7–9	8th
1998-99	Beth Burns	17–12	9–7	4th	NCAA First Round
1999-2000	Beth Burns	13–15	5–11	T-8th
2000-01	Beth Burns	22–11	6–10	T-8th	WNIT Champions
2001-02	Beth Burns	14–15	8–8	T-5th
Beth Burns:		81–65	35–45
Jim Foster (Big Ten) (2002–present)
2002-03	Jim Foster	22–10	10–6	T-4th	NCAA Second Round		20
2003-04	Jim Foster	21–10	11–5	3rd	NCAA Second Round		21
2004-05	Jim Foster	30–5	14–2	T-1st	NCAA Sixteen	9	8
2005-06	Jim Foster	29–3	15–1	1st#	NCAA Second Round	10	2
2006-07	Jim Foster	28–4	15–1	1st	NCAA First Round	18	8
2007-08	Jim Foster	22–9	13–5	T-1st	NCAA First Round		25
2008-09	Jim Foster	29–6	15–3	1st#	NCAA Sixteen	9	10
2009-10	Jim Foster	31–5	15–3	1st#	NCAA Second Round	15	8
2010-11	Jim Foster	24–10	10–6	T-3rd#	NCAA Sixteen	17	18
2011-12	Jim Foster	25–7	11–5	T-2nd	NCAA First Round	22	16
2012-13	Jim Foster	18–13	7–9	T-8th
Jim Foster:		279–82	136–46
Kevin McGuff (Big Ten) (2013–present)
2013-14	Kevin McGuff	17–18	5–11	T-8th
2014-15	Kevin McGuff	24–11	13–5	3rd	NCAA Second round	23	23
Kevin McGuff:		41–29	18–16
Total:		927–394
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

Awards

Consensus All-American selections

Frani Washington (1979)	Tracy Hall (1987-1988)	Nikita Lowry (1989)	Katie Smith (1993, 1996)
Jessica Davenport (2005-2007)	Jantel Lavender (2010-2011)

First-Team All-Big Ten

Yvette Angel (1983, 1985)	Carla Chapman (1984)	Francine Lewis (1984-1985)	Tracy Hall (1986-1988)
Nikita Lowry (1988-1989)	Lisa Cline (1989)	Averrill Roberts (1992-1993)	Nikki Keyton (1993)
Katie Smith (1994-1996)	Marrita Porter (1998-1999)	Jessica Davenport (2005-2007)	Jantel Lavender (2008-2011)
Samantha Prahalis (2010,2012)	Tayler Hill (2012)

Big Ten Player of the Year

Tracey Hall (1986-1987)	Lisa Cline (1989)	Katie Smith (1996)	Jessica Davenport (2005-2007)
Jantel Lavender (2008-2011)	Samantha Prahalis (2012)

Notes

^ "Big Ten Championship Teams" (PDF). History and Tradition. Ohio State Athletic Department. p. 172. Retrieved 2008-02-23.
^ "2001 Postseason WNIT". www.womensnit.com. Retrieved 2008-02-24.
^ "Media Guide" (PDF). Ohio State University. Retrieved 9 Aug 2013.

External links

[1] "Big Ten Championship Teams" (PDF). History and Tradition. Ohio State Athletic Department. p. 172. Retrieved 2008-02-23.

[2] "2001 Postseason WNIT". www.womensnit.com. Retrieved 2008-02-24.

[Media_Guide-3] "Media Guide" (PDF). Ohio State University. Retrieved 9 Aug 2013.

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Championships & awards	Regular season champions Big Ten Conference women's basketball tournament Coach of the Year Player of the Year Freshman of the Year Defensive Player of the Year Chicago Tribune Silver Basketball (defunct)
Seasons	1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25