Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball

Ohio State Buckeyes

2013–14 Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball team

University

The Ohio State University

Conference

Big Ten

Location

Columbus, OH

Head coach

Kevin McGuff (1st year)

Arena

Value City Arena
(Capacity: 19,500)

Nickname

Buckeyes

Colors

scarlet and gray

Uniforms

Home

Away

NCAA/AIAW Tournament Final Four

1993

NCAA/AIAW Tournament Elite Eight

1975, 1985, 1987, 1993

NCAA/AIAW Tournament Sweet Sixteen

1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1993, 2005, 2009, 2011

NCAA/AIAW Tournament second round

1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1996, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011

NCAA/AIAW 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	High School/Junior College	Home town
5.0 !C	33	Adams, AshleyAshley Adams	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	4.0 !Sr	Siloam Springs	Siloam Springs, Ark.
1.5 !G	14	Alston, AmerystAmeryst Alston	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 69 !5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	2.0 !So	McKinley	Canton, Ohio
3.5 !F	1	Beach, KalpanaKalpana Beach	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	2.5 !RS So	Westlake	Westlake, Ohio
5.0 !C	21	Blair, LisaLisa Blair	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	2.0 !So	Nazareth Regional	Brooklyn, N.Y.
1.5 !G	13	Craft, CaitCait Craft	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 68 !5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	2.0 !So	Liberty-Benton	Findlay, Ohio
5.0 !C	15	Dobranic, AleksandraAleksandra Dobranic	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	4.5 !RS Sr	Isidora Sekulic	Novi Sad, Serbia
3.5 !F	23	Ellerbe, MartinaMartina Ellerbe	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	4.0 !Sr	Saint Mary's	Teaneck, N.J.
1.5 !G	31	Ferguson, RavenRaven Ferguson	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 71 !5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	3.0 !Jr	Africentric	Columbus, Ohio
1.5 !G	11	Honeycutt, ShelbiShelbi Honeycutt	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 70 !5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	3.0 !Jr	Siloam Springs	Siloam Springs, Ark.
1.5 !G	12	Kynard, MaleekaMaleeka Kynard	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 67 !5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	3.0 !Jr	Start	Toledo, Ohio
5.0 !C	22	Moore, DarryceDarryce Moore	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	4.0 !Sr	Boardman	Youngstown, Ohio
1.5 !G	25	Scullion, AmyAmy Scullion	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	3.5 !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

Ohio State University

Campuses

Columbus Main Campus Delaware Center Lima Campus Mansfield Campus Marion Campus Newark Campus Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center Agricultural Technical Institute

Presidents

Orton W. Q. Scott W. H. Scott Canfield Thompson Rightmire McPherson Bevis Fawcett Enarson Jennings Gee Sisson Kirwan Jennings Holbrook Alutto Gee Alutto Drake

Academics

College of Dentistry College of Engineering John Glenn School of Public Affairs College of Medicine Fisher College of Business Moritz College of Law Health Sciences Center for Global Health Reading Recovery Ross Mathematics Program

Athletics

Bill Davis Stadium Jerome Schottenstein Center Ohio Stadium Ohio State University Golf Club OSU Ice Rink OSU baseball OSU men's basketball OSU women's basketball OSU field hockey OSU football OSU men's ice hockey OSU women's ice hockey OSU men's lacrosse OSU men's soccer St. John Arena Woody Hayes Athletic Center

Facilities

Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum Blackwell Inn Drake Performance and Event Center Hilandar Research Library John A. Prior Health Sciences Library Ohio State University Airport Ohio Union Orton Hall South Bass Island Light Thompson Memorial Library Wexner Center for the Arts Wexner Medical Center

Residential Facilities

237 E. 17th Avenue
Archer House
Baker Hall East
Baker Hall West
Barrett House
Blackburn House
Bradley Hall
Buckeye Village
Canfield Hall
Drackett Tower
Fechko House
German House
Hanley House
Haverfiled House
Houck House
Jones Tower
Lane Avenue Residence Hall
Lincoln Tower
Mack Hall
Morrill Tower
Morrison Tower
Neil Avenue
Neilwood Gables
Norton House
Nosker House
Park-Stradley Hall
Paterson Hall
Pennsylvania Place
Pomerene House
Scholars East
Scholars West
Siebert Hall
Smith-Steeb Hall
Taylor Tower
The Residence on Tenth
Worthington Building

Media

Buckeye TV The Lantern Journal of Law and Policy for the Information Society Journal of Money, Credit and Banking Journal of Number Theory Ohio State University Press WOSU-FM WOSU-TV / WPBO WOSA WVSG

Research

Traditions

Across the Field Brutus Buckeye Buckeye Battle Cry Carmen Ohio Hang on Sloopy Illibuck Maudine Ormsby Mirror Lake Ohio State Varsity O Hall of Fame Script Ohio OSU Athletic Bands OSU Marching Band UM-OSU Rivalry

Student life

American Folklore Society Anime Punch! Block O Buckeye Leadership Society Old North Columbus The Oval Activities & Organizations Sigma Alpha Sigma Eta Chi Texnikoi Engineering Honorary The Short North The Stadium Scholarship Program University District

Big Ten Conference women's basketball

Teams	Illinois Fighting Illini Indiana Hoosiers Iowa Hawkeyes Maryland Terrapins Michigan Wolverines Michigan State Spartans Minnesota Golden Gophers Nebraska Cornhuskers Northwestern Wildcats Ohio State Buckeyes Penn State Lady Lions Purdue Boilermakers Rutgers Scarlet Knights Wisconsin Badgers

Championships & awards	Regular season champions Big Ten Conference Women's Basketball Tournament 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 1999–00 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