# 1992–93 Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball team

The 1992–93 Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball team represented Ohio State University during the 1992–93 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Buckeyes were led by head coach Nancy Darsch in her eighth year, and played their games at St. John Arena in Columbus, Ohio as a member of the Big Ten Conference. The team shared the Big Ten title with Iowa, and reached the first Final Four in program history.

## Schedule and results

Source:
| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Regular Season ||||||
| Dec 4, 1992* | | Bowling Green | W 76–65 | 1–0 | St. John Arena Columbus, Ohio |
| Dec 13, 1992* | | at Boston College | W 104–65 | 2–0 | Conte Forum Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts |
| Dec 14, 1992* | | at UMass | W 81–48 | 3–0 | Curry Hicks Cage Amherst, Massachusetts |
| Dec 18, 1992* | | Central Michigan Buckeye Classic | W 97–65 | 4–0 | St. John Arena Columbus, Ohio |
| Dec 19, 1992* | | Georgia Buckeye Classic | W 89–72 | 5–0 | St. John Arena Columbus, Ohio |
| Dec 22, 1992* | No. 23 | UCLA | W 91–80 | 6–0 | St. John Arena Columbus, Ohio |
| Dec 30, 1992* | No. 20 | Syracuse | W 84–55 | 7–0 | St. John Arena Columbus, Ohio |
| Jan 2, 1993* | No. 20 | No. 5 Virginia Big Ten-ACC Challenge | W 91–84 | 8–0 | St. John Arena Columbus, Ohio |
| Jan 7, 1993* | No. 13 | at No. 1 Vanderbilt | L 67–70 | 8–1 | Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, Tennessee |
| Jan 10, 1993 | No. 13 | Illinois | W 87–57 | 9–1 (1–0) | St. John Arena Columbus, Ohio |
| Jan 15, 1993 | No. 10 | at No. 12 Purdue | W 84–78 | 10–1 (2–0) | Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana |
| Jan 17, 1993 | No. 10 | at Indiana | W 81–67 | 11–1 (3–0) | Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana |
| Jan 22, 1993 | No. 8 | Michigan | W 90–73 | 12–1 (4–0) | St. John Arena Columbus, Ohio |
| Jan 24, 1993 | No. 8 | Michigan State | W 78–57 | 13–1 (5–0) | St. John Arena Columbus, Ohio |
| Jan 27, 1993 | No. 4 | at No. 6 Penn State | L 64–70 | 13–2 (5–1) | Rec Hall University Park, Pennsylvania |
| Jan 29, 1993 | No. 4 | at Wisconsin | W 70–66 | 14–2 (6–1) | Wisconsin Field House Madison, Wisconsin |
| Feb 5, 1993 | No. 6 | at No. 3 Iowa | L 62–79 | 14–3 (6–2) | Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa |
| Feb 12, 1993 | No. 7 | Indiana | W 99–58 | 15–3 (7–2) | St. John Arena Columbus, Ohio |
| Feb 14, 1993 | No. 7 | Purdue | W 72–61 | 16–3 (8–2) | St. John Arena Columbus, Ohio |
| Feb 19, 1993 | No. 7 | Michigan State | W 88–51 | 17–3 (9–2) | Jenison Fieldhouse East Lansing, Michigan |
| Feb 21, 1993 | No. 7 | Michigan | W 79–59 | 18–3 (10–2) | Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, Michigan |
| Feb 24, 1993* | No. 4 | No. 6 Iowa | W 73–71 | 19–3 (11–2) | St. John Arena Columbus, Ohio |
| Feb 26, 1993* | No. 4 | Wisconsin | W 95–58 | 20–3 (12–2) | St. John Arena Columbus, Ohio |
| Mar 4, 1993* | No. 4 | Minnesota | W 95–76 | 21–3 (13–2) | St. John Arena Columbus, Ohio |
| Mar 7, 1993* | No. 4 | No. 2 Iowa | W 72–60 | 22–3 (14–2) | St. John Arena Columbus, Ohio |
| Mar 11, 1993 | No. 3 | Northwestern | W 76–66 | 23–3 (15–2) | Welsh–Ryan Arena Evanston, Illinois |
| Mar 13, 1993 | No. 3 | Illinois | W 94–78 | 24–3 (16–2) | Assembly Hall Champaign, Illinois |
| NCAA Women's Tournament ||||||
| Mar 20, 1993* | (1 E) No. 3 | (9 E) Rutgers Second round | W 90–61 | 25–3 | St. John Arena Columbus, Ohio |
| Mar 25, 1993* | (1 E) No. 3 | vs. (4 E) No. 13 Western Kentucky Regional Semifinal – Sweet Sixteen | W 86–73 | 26–3 | Richmond Coliseum Richmond, Virginia |
| Mar 27, 1993* | (1 E) No. 3 | vs. (2 E) No. 9 Virginia Regional Final – Elite Eight | W 75–73 | 27–3 | Richmond Coliseum Richmond, Virginia |
| Apr 3, 1993* | (1 E) No. 3 | vs. (2 ME) No. 4 Iowa National Semifinal – Final Four | W 73–72 | 28–3 | Omni Coliseum Atlanta, Georgia |
| April 5, 1993* | (1 E) No. 3 | vs. (2 W) No. 5 Texas Tech National Championship | L 82–84 | 28–4 | Omni Coliseum Atlanta, Georgia |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. E=East. All times are in Eastern. ||||||