# 2015–16 Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball team

The 2015–16 Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball team represented the Ohio State University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Buckeyes, led by third year head coach Kevin McGuff, play their home games at Value City Arena and were members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 24–11, 15–3 in Big Ten play to finish in second place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Big Ten women's basketball tournament where they lost to Michigan State. They received at-large bid of the NCAA women's tournament where they defeated Buffalo and West Virginia in the first and second rounds round before losing to Tennessee in the sweet sixteen.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/01/2015* 2:00 pm | No. 6 | Ursuline | W 113–61 | | Value City Arena (3,824) Columbus, OH |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/13/2015* 7:00 pm | No. 6 | at No. 2 South Carolina | L 80–88 | 0–1 | Colonial Life Arena (16,815) Columbia, SC |
| 11/16/2015* 5:30 pm, ESPN2 | No. 7 | No. 1 Connecticut College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon | L 56–100 | 0–2 | Value City Arena (11,435) Columbus, OH |
| 11/19/2015* 7:00 pm | No. 7 | Belmont | W 84–56 | 1–2 | Value City Arena (3,826) Columbus, OH |
| 11/22/2015* 2:00 pm | No. 7 | Wagner | W 106–47 | 2–2 | St. John Arena (3,803) Columbus, OH |
| 11/27/2015* 5:15 pm | No. 11 | vs. Liberty South Point Thanksgiving Shootout | W 75–65 | 3–2 | South Point Arena Enterprise, NV |
| 11/28/2015* 3:00 pm | No. 11 | vs. No. 10 Texas A&M South Point Thanksgiving Shootout | W 95–80 | 4–2 | South Point Arena Enterprise, NV |
| 12/02/2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | No. 10 | at No. 3 Notre Dame ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge | L 72–75 | 4–3 | Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,609) South Bend, IN |
| 12/06/2015* 1:00 pm, CBSSN | No. 10 | at Cincinnati | W 105–76 | 5–3 | Fifth Third Arena (1,767) Cincinnati, OH |
| 12/13/2015* 2:00 pm | No. 10 | North Carolina A&T | W 89–56 | 6–3 | Value City Arena (4,577) Columbus, OH |
| 12/18/2015* 7:00 pm | No. 10 | Princeton | W 90–70 | 7–3 | Value City Arena (4,639) Columbus, OH |
| 12/21/2015* 7:00 pm | No. 9 | Virginia | W 93–73 | 8–3 | Value City Arena (4,778) Columbus, OH |
| Big Ten regular season ||||||
| 12/31/2015 12:00 pm, BTN | No. 9 | No. 24 Michigan State | W 85–80 | 9–3 (1–0) | Value City Arena (5,631) Columbus, OH |
| 01/02/2016 12:00 pm, CBS | No. 9 | at No. 6 Maryland | W 80–71 | 10–3 (2–0) | Xfinity Center (10,119) College Park, MD |
| 01/07/2016 7:00 pm | No. 5 | Indiana | W 97–70 | 11–3 (3–0) | Value City Arena (4,420) Columbus, OH |
| 01/10/2016 2:00 pm | No. 5 | Rutgers | W 90–78 | 12–3 (4–0) | Value City Arena (6,081) Columbus, OH |
| 01/14/2016 8:00 pm, BTN | No. 5 | at Northwestern | L 82–86 | 12–4 (4–1) | Welsh-Ryan Arena (852) Evanston, IL |
| 01/17/2016 2:00 pm, BTN | No. 5 | Purdue | W 90–70 | 13–4 (5–1) | Value City Arena (7,418) Columbus, OH |
| 01/21/2016 6:00 pm, BTN | No. 7 | at Michigan Rivalry | W 97–93 | 14–4 (6–1) | Crisler Center (2,093) Ann Arbor, MI |
| 01/24/2016 3:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 7 | at Rutgers | W 67–58 | 15–4 (7–1) | Louis Brown Athletic Center (1,510) Piscataway, NJ |
| 01/28/2016 7:00 pm, BTN | No. 7 | Northwestern | W 76–73 | 16–4 (8–1) | Value City Arena (4,606) Columbus, OH |
| 02/01/2016 7:00 pm, BTN | No. 7 | at Illinois | W 80–70 | 17–4 (9–1) | State Farm Center (1,517) Champaign, IL |
| 02/04/2016 7:00 pm | No. 7 | Wisconsin | W 87–61 | 18–4 (10–1) | Value City Arena (4,267) Columbus, OH |
| 02/08/2016 9:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 7 | No. 5 Maryland | W 94–86 | 19–4 (11–1) | Value City Arena (4,911) Columbus, OH |
| 02/11/2016 8:30 pm, BTN | No. 7 | Iowa | W 98–81 | 20–4 (12–1) | Value City Arena (3,667) Columbus, OH |
| 02/14/2016 2:00 pm, BTN | No. 7 | at Penn State | W 77–63 | 21–4 (13–1) | Bryce Jordan Center University Park, PA |
| 02/18/2016 6:00 pm, BTN | No. 5 | Nebraska | W 96–70 | 22–4 (14–1) | Value City Arena (5,243) Columbus, OH |
| 02/21/2016 2:00 pm | No. 5 | Illinois | W 117–74 | 23–4 (15–1) | Value City Arena (8,247) Columbus, OH |
| 02/24/2016 8:00 pm | No. 5 | at Minnesota | L 88–90 $^{OT}$ | 23–5 (15–2) | Williams Arena (6,434) Minneapolis, MN |
| 02/27/2016 2:00 pm, BTN | No. 5 | at No. 20 Michigan State | L 105–107 $^{3OT}$ | 23–6 (15–3) | Breslin Center (8,631) East Lansing, MI |
| Big Ten Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/04/2016 6:30 pm, BTN | (2) No. 9 | vs. (10) Rutgers Quarterfinals | W 73–58 | 24–6 | Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN |
| 03/05/2016 5:30 pm, BTN | (2) No. 9 | vs. (3) No. 19 Michigan State Semifinals | L 63–82 | 24–7 | Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN |
| NCAA Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/18/2016* 2:30 pm, ESPN2 | (3 SF) No. 9 | vs. (14 SF) Buffalo First Round | W 88–69 | 25–7 | St. John Arena (2,626) Columbus, OH |
| 03/20/2016* 12:00 pm, ESPN2 | (3 SF) No. 9 | vs. (6 SF) No. 23 West Virginia Second Round | W 88–81 | 26–7 | St. John Arena (2,558) Columbus, OH |
| 03/25/2016* 9:30 pm, ESPN2 | (3 SF) No. 9 | vs. (7 SF) Tennessee Sweet Sixteen | L 62–78 | 26–8 | Denny Sanford Premier Center (4,610) Sioux Falls, SD |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. SF=Sioux Falls Region. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||

## Rankings

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