# 2018–19 Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball team

The 2018–19 Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball team represented the Ohio State University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Buckeyes, led by 6th year head coach Kevin McGuff, played their home games at Value City Arena and are a member of the Big Ten Conference. They 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 got upset by Morehead State in the first round.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 10/28/2018* 2:00 pm | | IUP | W 72–50 | | Value City Arena (3,310) Columbus, OH |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/06/2018* 7:00 pm | | No. 22 South Florida | L 47–71 | 0–1 | Value City Arena (3,472) Columbus, OH |
| 11/09/2018* 7:00 pm | | Detroit Mercy | W 55–41 | 1–1 | Value City Arena (3,937) Columbus, OH |
| 11/11/2018* 12:00 pm, CBSSN | | at No. 2 Connecticut | L 53–85 | 1–2 | Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (8,828) Storrs, CT |
| 11/16/2018* 11:30 pm | | at Sacramento State | Postponed | Postponed | Hornets Nest Sacramento, CA |
| 11/18/2018* 4:00 pm, P12N | | at No. 7 Stanford | Cancelled | Cancelled | Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA |
| 11/29/2018* 7:00 pm | | North Carolina ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge | W 76–69 | 2–2 | Value City Arena (4,997) Columbus, OH |
| 12/02/2018* 2:00 pm | | Cincinnati | W 69–56 | 3–2 | Value City Arena (4,825) Columbus, OH |
| 12/05/2018* 11:00 pm, P12N | | at Washington | L 59–69 | 3–3 | Alaska Airlines Arena (1,236) Seattle, WA |
| 12/16/2018* 1:00 pm | | Florida | W 46–41 | 4–3 | Value City Arena (4,585) Columbus, OH |
| 12/20/2018* 12:15 pm | | vs. Butler West Palm Invitational | L 53–66 | 4–4 | Student Life Center (250) West Palm Beach, FL |
| 12/21/2018* 12:15 pm | | vs. Virginia Tech West Palm Invitational | L 73–81 | 4–5 | Student Life Center (127) West Palm Beach, FL |
| Big Ten regular season ||||||
| 12/28/2018 4:00 pm, BTN | | at Purdue | L 42–60 | 4–6 (0–1) | Mackey Arena (6,313) West Lafayette, IN |
| 12/31/2018 1:00 pm, BTN | | Nebraska | L 69–78 | 4–7 (0–2) | Value City Arena (5,530) Columbus, OH |
| 01/05/2019 4:00 pm, BTN | | at No. 4 Maryland | L 69–75 | 4–8 (0–3) | Xfinity Center (6,731) College Park, MD |
| 01/10/2019 4:00 pm, BTN | | No. 25 Indiana | W 55–50 | 5–8 (1–3) | Value City Arena (3,557) Columbus, OH |
| 01/14/2019 7:00 pm, BTN | | No. 17 Michigan State | W 65–55 | 6–8 (2–3) | Value City Arena (4,695) Columbus, OH |
| 01/17/2019 7:00 pm | | at Penn State | W 76–71 $^{OT}$ | 7–8 (3–3) | Bryce Jordan Center (2,090) University Park, PA |
| 01/20/2019 3:00 pm, BTN | | at Michigan Rivalry | L 58–62 | 7–9 (3–4) | Crisler Center (5,422) Ann Arbor, MI |
| 01/24/2019 8:00 pm, BTN | | No. 11 Maryland | L 57–70 | 7–10 (3–5) | Value City Arena (3,962) Columbus, OH |
| 01/28/2019 7:30 pm, BTN | | at Minnesota | W 65–55 | 8–10 (4–5) | Williams Arena (3,470) Minneapolis, MN |
| 01/31/2019 7:00 pm | | Illinois | W 78–70 | 9–10 (5–5) | Value City Arena (3,804) Columbus, OH |
| 02/03/2019 4:30 pm | | at Northwestern | L 59–76 | 9–11 (5–6) | Welsh–Ryan Arena (1,283) Evanston, IN |
| 02/06/2019 7:00 pm | | Penn State | W 78–73 | 10–11 (6–6) | Value City Arena (4,264) Columbus, OH |
| 02/10/2019 4:00 pm, BTN | | No. 16 Iowa | L 52–78 | 10–12 (6–7) | Value City Arena (5,344) Columbus, OH |
| 02/14/2019 7:00 pm | | at No. 23 Rutgers | W 59–39 | 11–12 (7–7) | Louis Brown Athletic Center (1,849) Piscataway, NJ |
| 02/17/2019 2:00 pm | | Wisconsin | W 70–68 | 12–12 (8–7) | Value City Arena (5,931) Columbus, OH |
| 02/21/2019 6:00 pm, BTN | | at Michigan State | W 77–70 | 13–12 (9–7) | Breslin Center (4,857) East Lansing, MI |
| 02/28/2019 9:00 pm, BTN | | at Wisconsin | W 61–50 | 14–12 (10–7) | Kohl Center (3,529) Madison, WI |
| 03/03/2019 2:00 pm, BTN | | Rutgers | L 56–66 | 14–13 (10–8) | Value City Arena (5,030) Columbus, OH |
| Big Ten Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/08/2019 2:30 pm, BTN | (5) | vs. (13) Wisconsin Second Round | L 63–73 | 14–14 | Bankers Life Fieldhouse (3,173) Indianapolis, IN |
| WNIT ||||||
| 03/20/2019* 7:00 pm | | Morehead State First Round | L 61–71 | 14–15 | Value City Arena (1,114) Columbus, OH |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||

## Rankings

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