2014–15 Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball team

2014–15 Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball
NCAA Women's Tournament, Second Round
Conference Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches #23
AP #23
2014–15 record 24–11 (13–5 Big Ten)
Head coach Kevin McGuff (2nd year)
Assistant coach Joy Cheek
Assistant coach Patrick Klein
Assistant coach Mark Mitchell
Home arena Value City Arena
2014–15 Big Ten women's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#4 Maryland† 18 – 0   1.000     34 – 3   .919
#18 Iowa 14 – 4   .778     26 – 8   .765
#23 Ohio State 13 – 5   .722     24 – 11   .686
#22 Northwestern 12 – 6   .667     23 – 9   .719
Rutgers 12 – 6   .667     23 – 10   .697
Minnesota 11 – 7   .611     23 – 10   .697
Nebraska 10 – 8   .556     21 – 11   .656
Michigan 8 – 10   .444     20 – 15   .571
Michigan State 7 – 11   .389     16 – 15   .516
Illinois 6 – 12   .333     15 – 16   .484
Wisconsin 5 – 13   .278     9 – 20   .310
Indiana 4 – 14   .222     15 – 16   .484
Purdue 3 – 15   .167     11 – 20   .355
Penn State 3 – 15   .167     6 – 24   .200
† 2015 Big Ten Tournament winner
As of April 5, 2015; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2014–15 Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball team will represent the Ohio State University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Buckeyes, led by second year head coach Kevin McGuff, play their home games at Value City Arena and were members of the Big Ten Conference. They finish the season the 24-11, 13-5 for a third place finsh. They advance to the championship game of the 2015 Big Ten Conference Women's Basketball Tournament which they lost to Maryland. They received at-large bid of the 2015 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament which they lost on the gamewinning buzzer beater to North Carolina in the second round to end their season.

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 Final
AP NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR RV RV NR NR NR NR NR RV RV 23 23
Coaches RV RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR RV RV 24 23

Roster

2014–15 Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year High School/Junior College Home town
F 1 Beach, KalpanaKalpana Beach style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS So Westlake Westlake, Ohio
G 3 Mitchell, KelseyKelsey Mitchell style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Princeton Cincinnati, Ohio
F 5 Mitchell, ChelseaChelsea Mitchell style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Princeton Cincinnati, Ohio
G 12 Holland, KiannaKianna Holland style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Seneca Seneca, S.C.
G 13 Craft, CaitCait Craft style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Liberty-Benton Findlay, Ohio
G 14 Alston, AmerystAmeryst Alston style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr McKinley Canton, Ohio
G 20 Doss, AsiaAsia Doss style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr Country Day School Detroit, Mich.
C 21 Blair, LisaLisa Blair style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) RS So Nazareth Regional Brooklyn, N.Y.
F 22 Hart, AlexaAlexa Hart style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Africentric Columbus, Ohio
F 24 Waterman, MakaylaMakayla Waterman style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Fairmont Kettering, Ohio
F 32 Cooper, ShaylaShayla Cooper style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Georgetown Norcross, Ga.
Head coach

Kevin McGuff

Assistant coach(es)

Joy Cheek
Patrick Klein
Mark Mitchell

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

Roster

Schedule

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Date Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
Exhibition
11/09/2014* Eckerd W 92–73  – Value City Arena (3,775)
Regular Season
11/14/2014* at Virginia L 82–87  0–1 John Paul Jones Arena (3,358)
11/16/2014* Saint Francis (PA) W 113–97  1–1 Value City Arena (3,968)
11/19/2014* #24 Georgia L 59–67  1–2 Value City Arena (3,844)
11/23/2014* VCU W 96–86  2–2 Value City Arena (4,201)
11/27/2014* vs. Clemson
(Paradise Jam Tournament)		 W 86–77  3–2 Sports and Fitness Center (207)
11/28/2014* vs. Wichita State
(Paradise Jam Tournament)		 L 50–70  3–3 Sports and Fitness Center (238)
11/29/2014* vs. Florida Gulf Coast
(Paradise Jam Tournament)		 W 90–83 2OT 4–3 Sports and Fitness Center (421)
12/03/2014* Pittsburgh
(ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge)		 L 74–78  4–4 Value City Arena (3,777)
12/07/2014* Winthrop W 66–52  5–4 Value City Arena (4,384)
12/11/2014* Arkansas State W 67–52  6–4 Value City Arena (3,719)
12/14/2014* Western Michigan W 82–46  7–4 Value City Arena (4,298)
12/22/2014* #22 West Virginia W 96–54  8–4 Value City Arena (5,048)
12/29/2014 at #12 Maryland L 78–87  8–5 (0–1) Xfinity Center (5,671)
01/01/2015 #16 Rutgers W 85–68  9–5 (1–1) Value City Arena (4,557)
01/04/2015 Northwestern W 73–64  10–5 (2–1) Value City Arena (5,402)
01/08/2015 at Indiana W 103–49  11–5 (3–1) Assembly Hall (2,189)
01/11/2015 at Michigan L 94–100 OT 11–6 (3–2) Crisler Center (3,351)
01/15/2015 #23 Minnesota L 72–76  11–7 (3–3) Value City Arena (4,509)
01/18/2015 Penn State W 69–60  12–7 (4–3) Value City Arena (6,346)
01/25/2015 at Purdue W 79–71  13–7 (5–3) Mackey Arena (6,801)
01/29/2015 at Wisconsin W 85–73  14–7 (6–3) Kohl Center (3,296)
02/02/2015 Michigan State W 76–62  15–7 (7–3) Value City Arena (4,234)
02/05/2015 at #16 Iowa L 65–73  15–8 (7–4) Carver–Hawkeye Arena (4,572)
02/08/2015 Indiana W 78–70  16–8 (8–4) Value City Arena (7,639)
02/12/2015 Michigan W 77–73  17–8 (9–4) Value City Arena (4,668)
02/14/2015 at Illinois L 55–66  17–9 (9–5) State Farm Center (2,708)
02/17/2015 Purdue W 92–60  18–9 (10–5) Value City Arena (4,185)
02/21/2015 #13 Iowa W 100–82  19–9 (11–5) Value City Arena (6,471)
02/26/2015 at Penn State W 88–70  20–9 (12–5) Bryce Jordan Center (3,529)
03/01/2015 at Nebraska W 78–60  21–9 (13–5) Pinnacle Bank Arena (8,418)
2015 Big Ten Conference Women's Tournament
03/06/2015 vs. Minnesota
(Quarterfinals)		 W 83–71  22–9 Sears Centre (4,781)
03/07/2015 vs. #14 Iowa
(Semifinals)		 W 91–85 OT 23–9 Sears Centre (5,642)
03/08/2015 vs. #4 Maryland
(Championship Game)		 L 74–77  23–10 Sears Centre (4,131)
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/21/2015* #23 vs. James Madison
(First Round)		 W 90–80  24–10 Carmichael Arena (2,233)
03/23/2015* #23 at #15 North Carolina
(Second Round)		 L 84–86  24–11 Carmichael Arena (2,163)
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

See also

2014–15 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team

References

  1. ↑ http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/sports/w-baskbl/sched/osu-w-baskbl-sched.html