2020–21 Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball team

The 2020–21 Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball team represented the Ohio State University during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Buckeyes, led by eighth year head coach Kevin McGuff, played their home games at Value City Arena and the Covelli Center. They were members of the Big Ten Conference.

2020–21 Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 22
Record	13–7 (9–7 Big Ten)
Head coach	Kevin McGuff (8th season)
Assistant coaches	Tamika Jeter Carla Morrow
Home arena	Value City Arena Covelli Center
Seasons ← 2019–20 2021–22 →

2020–21 Big Ten women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 7 Maryland †	17	–	1		.944			26	–	2		.929
No. 12 Indiana	16	–	2		.889			20	–	5		.800
No. 21 Rutgers	10	–	3		.769			14	–	5		.737
No. 16 Michigan	9	–	4		.692			16	–	6		.727
Northwestern	11	–	7		.611			16	–	9		.640
Iowa	11	–	8		.579			20	–	9		.690
No. 22 Ohio State	9	–	7		.563			13	–	7		.650
Michigan State	8	–	7		.533			15	–	9		.625
Nebraska	9	–	10		.474			13	–	13		.500
Minnesota	7	–	11		.389			8	–	13		.381
Penn State	6	–	13		.316			9	–	15		.375
Purdue	4	–	14		.222			7	–	16		.304
Illinois	2	–	16		.111			5	–	18		.217
Wisconsin	2	–	18		.100			5	–	19		.208
† 2021 Big Ten tournament winner As of March 27, 2021 Rankings from AP poll

They finished the season 13–7, 9–7 in Big Ten play to finish in seventh place. They did not participate in the Big Ten women's basketball tournament, NCAA tournament or the WNIT due to a self-imposed postseason ban.^[1]

Previous season

The Buckeyes 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.^[2]

Roster

2020–21 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) So Pickerington Central Pickerington, OH G 1 Rikki Harris 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS Fr North Central Indianapolis, IN F 2 Gabby Hutcherson 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Westerville South Westerville, OH G 3 Anyssa Jones 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Westerville South Westerville, OH G 4 Jacy Sheldon 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Dublin Coffman Dublin, OH G 5 Kateri Poole 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr South Shore Bronx, NY G 10 Braxtin Miller 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr Alter Oklahoma State Dayton, OH F 14 Dorka Juhász 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Jr PTE Babits Pécs, Hungary G 21 Hevynne Bristow 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Brooklyn Community Providence Brooklyn, NY F 23 Rebeka Mikulášiková 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) So Piaristické Gymnasium Nitra, Slovakia F 32 Aaliyah Patty 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So Montini Catholic Lombard, IL F 35 Tanaya Beacham 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) GS Toledo Rogers Toledo Youngstown, OH	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: June 21, 2021

Schedule and results

Source:^[3]

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 25, 2020*	No. 20	Akron	Canceled		Value City Arena  Columbus, OH
November 29, 2020* 4:00 p.m.	No. 20	Duquesne	W 82–47	1–0	Covelli Center (0) Columbus, OH
December 2, 2020* Noon	No. 19	Kent State	W 103–47	2–0	Covelli Center (0) Columbus, OH
December 6, 2020* 2:00 p.m.	No. 19	Northern Kentucky	W 96–63	3–0	Value City Arena (0) Columbus, OH
December 10, 2020* 4:00 p.m.	No. 18	Miami (OH)	W 104–65	4–0	Value City Arena (0) Columbus, OH
December 15, 2020*	No. 17	Saint Mary's	Canceled		Value City Arena  Columbus, OH
Big Ten regular season
December 19, 2020	No. 17	Iowa	Postponed		Value City Arena  Columbus, OH
December 23, 2020	No. 16	at No. 14 Maryland	Postponed		Xfinity Center  College Park, MD
December 31, 2020	No. 17	No. 25 Michigan State	Postponed		Value City Arena  Columbus, OH
January 4, 2021 6:00 p.m.	No. 16	Penn State	W 82–69	5–0 (1–0)	Value City Arena (0) Columbus, OH
January 7, 2021 6:00 p.m.	No. 16	at Illinois	W 78–55	6–0 (2–0)	State Farm Center (0) Champaign, IL
January 10, 2021	No. 16	Rutgers	Postponed		Value City Arena  Columbus, OH
January 13, 2021 4:00 p.m.	No. 15	at Iowa	W 84–82 OT	7–0 (3–0)	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (326) Iowa City, IA
January 16, 2021 4:00 p.m.	No. 15	at Nebraska	L 55–63	7–1 (3–1)	Value City Arena (0) Columbus, OH
January 21, 2021 3:00 p.m.	No. 17	No. 11 Michigan Rivalry	W 81–77	8–1 (4–1)	Value City Arena (0) Columbus, OH
January 25, 2021 7:00 p.m.	No. 14	No. 7 Maryland	W 88–86	9–1 (5–1)	Value City Arena (52) Columbus, OH
January 28, 2021 8:00 p.m.	No. 14	at No. 16 Indiana	W 78–70	10–1 (6–1)	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (0) Bloomington, IN
February 1, 2021 7:00 p.m.	No. 11	at No. 22 Northwestern	L 57–69	10–2 (6–2)	Welsh–Ryan Arena (0) Evanston, IL
February 4, 2021 6:00 p.m.	No. 11	Iowa	W 92–87	11–2 (7–2)	Value City Arena (54) Columbus, OH
February 7, 2021 1:00 p.m.	No. 11	Minnesota	W 83–59	12–2 (8–2)	Value City Arena (58) Columbus, OH
February 10, 2021 6:00 p.m.	No. 12	at Wisconsin	L 70–75	12–3 (8–3)	Kohl Center (0) Madison, WI
February 14, 2021	No. 12	No. 21 Northwestern	Canceled		Value City Arena  Columbus, OH
February 18, 2021 4:00 p.m.	No. 15	Purdue	W 100–85	13–3 (9–3)	Value City Arena (0) Columbus, OH
February 21, 2021 2:00 p.m.	No. 15	at No. 11 Michigan Rivalry	L 66–75	13–4 (9–4)	Crisler Center (73) Ann Arbor, MI
February 24, 2021 5:00 p.m.	No. 15	at Penn State	L 67–69	13–5 (9–5)	Bryce Jordan Center (201) University Park, PA
February 27, 2021 3:00 p.m.	No. 15	No. 11 Indiana	L 75–87	13–6 (9–6)	Value City Arena (0) Columbus, OH
March 5, 2021 8:00 p.m.	No. 22	at No. 24 Rutgers	L 63–71	13–7 (9–7)	Louis Brown Athletic Center (108) Piscataway, NJ
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings

Main article: 2020–21 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	Final
AP	20	19	18	17	16	17	16	15	17	14	11	12т	15	15	22	22	22
Coaches	22	19	17	15	15	16	15	16	11	13	11	13т	14	20	24	24	RV

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
(RV)		Received Votes
(NR)		Not Ranked and Did not receive votes

See also

• 2020–21 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team