The 2020–21 Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball team represented the

Ohio State University The Ohio State University, commonly called Ohio State or OSU, is a public land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio. A member of the University System of Ohio, it has been ranked by major institutional rankings among the best publ ...

during the

2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season The 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season began in November 2020 and ended with the championship game of the 2021 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas on April 4, 2021. Practices offi ...

. The Buckeyes, led by eighth year head coach

Kevin McGuff Kevin Patrick McGuff (born December 3, 1969) is an American college basketball coach who the current head women's basketball coach at Ohio State University after spending two seasons as head coach of the University of Washington. Prior to his tim ...

, played their home games at

Value City Arena Value City Arena is a multi-purpose arena, located on the campus of Ohio State University, in Columbus, Ohio, United States. The arena opened in 1998 and is currently the largest by seating capacity in the Big Ten Conference, with 19,049 seats, wh ...

and the

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. They were members of the

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. They finished the season 13–7, 9–7 in Big Ten play to finish in seventh place. They did not participate in the

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, NCAA tournament or the WNIT due to a self-imposed postseason ban.

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

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

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Roster

Schedule and results

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Rankings

References

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Previous season

Roster

Schedule and results

Rankings

See also

References