2016–17 Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball team

The 2016–17 Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball team represented the Ohio State University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Buckeyes, led by fourth year head coach Kevin McGuff, played their home games at Value City Arena and were members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 28–7, 15–1 in Big Ten play to win a share of the Big Ten regular season title with Maryland. They defeated Northwestern in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten women's basketball tournament before losing to Purdue. They received at-large bid of the NCAA women's tournament as the No. 5 seed in the Lexington region. There they defeated Western Kentucky and Kentucky to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. In the Sweet Sixteen, they lost to Notre Dame.

2016–17 Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball
Big Ten regular season co-champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, Sweet Sixteen
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 10
APNo. 9
Record28–7 (15–1 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Patrick Klein
  • Mark Mitchell
  • Carrie Banks
Home arenaValue City Arena
2016–17 Big Ten women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 4 Maryland†15–1 .93832–3  .914
No. 11 Ohio State*15–1 .93828–7  .800
Michigan11–5 .68828–9  .757
Indiana10–6 .62523–11  .676
Purdue10–6 .62523–13  .639
Michigan State9–7 .56321–12  .636
Penn State9–7 .56321–11  .656
Northwestern8–8 .50020–11  .645
Iowa8–8 .50020–14  .588
Minnesota5–11 .31315–16  .484
Illinois3–13 .1889–22  .290
Wisconsin3–13 .1889–22  .290
Nebraska3–13 .1887–22  .241
Rutgers3–13 .1886–24  .200
† 2017 Big Ten tournament winner
* Tournament #1 seed
Rankings from AP poll
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