2016–17 Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball team explained

Mode:	Women's basketball
Year:	2016–17
Team:	Ohio State Buckeyes
Conference:	Big Ten Conference
Short Conf:	Big Ten
Coachrank:	10
Aprank:	9
Record:	28 - 7
Conf Record:	15 - 1
Hc Year:	4th
Asst Coach1:	Patrick Klein
Asst Coach2:	Mark Mitchell
Asst Coach3:	Carrie Banks
Champion:	Big Ten regular season co-champions
Bowl:	NCAA Women's Tournament
Bowl Result:	Sweet Sixteen

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.

Schedule

Ranking Movement
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.
Poll	Pre	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Wk 17	Wk 18	Wk 19	Final
AP	7	7	8	9	12	12	12	14	11	11	16	15	14	13	12	12	9	11	11	N/A
Coaches	6т	8	8	10	12	13	13	13	13	11	13	14	14	13	12	9	8	10	10	10

Web site: The Ohio State University official athletic site : Women's Basketball. OhioStateBuckeyes.com. 2017-06-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20171124162357/http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/sports/w-baskbl/sched/osu-w-baskbl-sched.html. 2017-11-24. dead.