2019–20 Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball team

The 2019–20 Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball team represented the Ohio State University during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Buckeyes, led by 7th year head coach Kevin McGuff, played their home games at Value City Arena and were members of the Big Ten Conference.

2019–20 Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	21–12 (11–7 Big Ten)
Head coach	Kevin McGuff (7th season)
Assistant coaches	Tamika Jeter Carla Morrow
Home arena	Value City Arena
Seasons ← 2018–19 2020–21 →

2019–20 Big Ten women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 4 Maryland†	16	–	2		.889			28	–	4		.875
No. 12 Northwestern	16	–	2		.889			26	–	4		.867
No. 21 Iowa	14	–	4		.778			23	–	7		.767
No. 20 Indiana	13	–	5		.722			24	–	8		.750
Rutgers	11	–	7		.611			22	–	9		.710
Ohio State	11	–	7		.611			21	–	12		.636
Michigan	10	–	8		.556			21	–	11		.656
Michigan State	9	–	9		.500			16	–	14		.533
Purdue	8	–	10		.444			18	–	14		.563
Nebraska	7	–	11		.389			17	–	13		.567
Minnesota	5	–	13		.278			16	–	15		.516
Wisconsin	3	–	15		.167			12	–	19		.387
Illinois	2	–	16		.111			11	–	19		.367
Penn State	1	–	17		.056			7	–	23		.233
† 2020 Big Ten tournament winner As of February 6, 2024 Rankings from AP poll

They finished the season 21–12, 11–7 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for fifth place. As the sixth seed in the Big Ten women's basketball tournament the defeated Minnesota, Iowa, and Michigan before losing to Maryland in the finals. They did not get a chance for further post season play, as the NCAA women's basketball tournament and WNIT were cancelled before they began due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[1]

Previous season

The Buckeyes finished the season 14–15, 10–8 in Big Ten play to finish in fifth place. They lost in the second round of the Big Ten women's basketball tournament to Wisconsin. They received an automatic bid to the WNIT where they were upset by Morehead State in the first round.

Roster

2019–20 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) Fr Pickerington Central Pickerington, OH G 1 Rikki Harris 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr North Central Indianapolis, IN G 2 Ashanti Grande 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS Sr Cleveland Heights Cleveland State Cleveland Heights, OH G 4 Jacy Sheldon 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Dublin Coffman Dublin, OH G 10 Braxtin Miller 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Alter Oklahoma State Dayton, OH F 11 Aixa Wone Aranaz 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr I.E.S. Joaquim Blume Pamplona, Spain F 12 Savita Jayaraman 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr Olentangy Liberty Powell, OH F 14 Dorka Juhász 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) So PTE Babits Pécs, Hungary F 23 Rebeka Mikulášiková 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Fr Piaristické Gymnasium Nitra, Slovakia G 24 Kierstan Bell 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Canton McKinley Canton, OH F 32 Aaliyah Patty 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So Montini Catholic Lombard, IL	Head coach Kevin McGuff (Saint Joseph's (IN)) Assistant coach(es) Tamika Jeter (Connecticut) Carla Morrow (Tulsa) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on   Injured   Current redshirt Roster Last update: May 7, 2020

Schedule and results

Source:^[2]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
November 3, 2019* 2:00 p.m.		Urbana	W 131–50	–	Value City Arena (3,476) Columbus, OH
Non-conference regular season
November 10, 2019* 2:00 p.m.		at Valparaiso Ohio Hall of Fame Tip Off Classic	W 89–38	1–0	Pam Evans Smith Arena (1,875) Springfield, OH
November 13, 2019* p.m.		at Cincinnati	W 78–73 ^OT	2–0	Fifth Third Arena (1,219) Cincinnati, OH
November 17, 2019* 7:00 p.m.		Ohio	L 68–74	2–1	Value City Arena (5,213) Columbus, OH
November 21, 2019* 12:30 p.m.		at Kent State	W 75–65	3–1	MAC Center (4,272) Kent, OH
November 24, 2019* 3:00 p.m., ESPN		No. 4 UConn	L 62–73	3–2	Value City Arena (8,909) Columbus, OH
November 29, 2019* 11:30 p.m.		vs. South Dakota South Point Thanksgiving Shootout	L 53–68	3–3	South Point Arena (300) Las Vegas, NV
November 30, 2019* 1:45 a.m.		vs. Northern Iowa South Point Thanksgiving Shootout	W 64–46	4–3	South Point Arena (250) Las Vegas, NV
December 5, 2019* 8:00 p.m., BTN		No. 2 Louisville ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge	W 67–60	5–3	Value City Arena (3,807) Columbus, OH
December 8, 2019* 7:00 p.m.		Radford	W 70–57	6–3	Value City Arena (3,902) Columbus, OH
December 15, 2019* 1:30 a.m.		at No. 1 Stanford	L 52–71	6–4	Maples Pavilion (2,970) Stanford, CA
December 17, 2019* 11:00 p.m.		at Sacramento State	W 104–74	7–4	Hornets Nest (318) Sacramento, CA
Big Ten regular season
December 28, 2019 12:00 p.m., BTN Plus		Purdue	L 50–66	7–5 (0–1)	Value City Arena (4,212) Columbus, OH
December 31, 2019 4:00 p.m., BTN Plus		at No. 24 Minnesota	W 66–63	8–5 (1–1)	Williams Arena (3,982) Minneapolis, MN
January 6, 2020 7:00 p.m., ESPN2		at No. 17 Maryland	L 62–72	8–6 (1–2)	Xfinity Center (4,427) College Park, MD
January 9, 2020 6:00 p.m., BTN		No. 24 Michigan Rivalry	W 78–69	9–6 (2–2)	Value City Arena (4,230) Columbus, OH
January 12, 2020 7:00 p.m.		Penn State	W 80–70	10–6 (3–2)	Value City Arena (5,428) Columbus, OH
January 16, 2020 6:00 p.m., BTN		at Michigan State	L 65–68	10–7 (3–3)	Breslin Center (3,700) East Lansing, MI
January 19, 2020 7:00 p.m.		Illinois	W 77–47	11–7 (4–3)	Value City Arena (5,143) Columbus, OH
January 23, 2020 7:00 p.m., BTN		at No. 19 Iowa	L 68–77	11–8 (4–4)	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (6,490) Iowa City, IA
January 30, 2020 6:30 p.m., BTN		No. 17 Maryland	L 65–85	11–9 (4–5)	Value City Arena (5,380) Columbus, OH
February 2, 2020 8:00 p.m.		at Nebraska	W 80–74 ^OT	12–9 (5–5)	Pinnacle Bank Arena (4,189) Lincoln, NE
February 6, 2020 9:00 p.m.		at Illinois	W 78–58	13–9 (6–5)	State Farm Center (2,388) Champaign, IL
February 9, 2020 7:00 p.m.		Wisconsin	W 82–74	14–9 (7–5)	Value City Arena (6,075) Columbus, OH
February 13, 2020 6:00 p.m., BTN+		Minnesota	W 99–76	15–9 (8–5)	Value City Arena (3,721) Columbus, OH
February 16, 2020 2:00 p.m., BTN+		at No. 20 Indiana	W 80–76	16–9 (9–5)	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (6,142) Bloomington, IN
February 19, 2020 9:00 p.m.		Nebraska	W 65–52	17–9 (10–5)	Value City Arena (3,896) Columbus, OH
February 22, 2020 2:00 p.m., BTN		at Rutgers	L 57–59	17–10 (10–6)	Louis Brown Athletic Center (2,281) Piscataway, NJ
February 25, 2020 5:00 p.m., BTN		No. 14 Northwestern	L 55–69	17–11 (10–7)	Value City Arena (4,403) Columbus, OH
Funerary 29, 2020 4:00 p.m., BTN		at Purdue	W 77–56	18–11 (11–7)	Mackey Arena (6,753) West Lafayette, IN
Big Ten Women's Tournament
March 5, 2020 9:00 p.m., BTN	(6)	vs. (11) Minnesota Second Round	W 77–56	19–11	Bankers Life Fieldhouse (4,349) Indianapolis, IN
March 6, 2020 9:00 p.m., BTN	(6)	vs. (3) No. 19 Iowa Quarterfinals	W 87–66	20–11	Bankers Life Fieldhouse (4,798) Indianapolis, IN
March 7, 2020 9:00 p.m., BTN	(6)	vs. (7) Michigan Semifinals	W 66–60	21–11	Bankers Life Fieldhouse (7,213) Indianapolis, IN
March 8, 2020 6:00 p.m., ESPN2	(6)	vs. (1) No. 6 Maryland Final	L 65–82	21–12	Bankers Life Fieldhouse (4,687) Indianapolis, IN
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings

Main article: 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls

Poll	Pre- Season	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Week 16	Week 17	Week 18	Week 19	Final
AP	RV					RV	RV												RV	RV
Coaches	RV				RV										RV	RV		RV	RV	N/A

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
(RV)		Received Votes

See also

• 2019–20 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team

References

1. "NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships due to coronavirus concerns". NCAA.com. March 12, 2020. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
2. "2019-20 Women's Basketball Schedule". Ohio State Athletics. Retrieved May 7, 2020.