For the first time in over a decade, Ohio State women’s basketballh is entering the NCAA Tournament as a No. 2 seed. The Buckeyes will face No. 15 seed Maine in the Round of 64 at noon Friday at Value City Arena.
Ohio State earned the No. 2 seed in the Portland 3 region and will be hosting the first two rounds of the tournament at Value City Arena this weekend. The Buckeyes are in the same region as No. 1 seed Southern California, whom they fell to in the season opener 83-74.
The Buckeyes went 25-4 entering postseason play and secured the Big Ten regular-season title. They lost to Maryland in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals
This is the Buckeyes’ highest placement in the tournament under coach Kevin McGuff. The last time they were a No. 2 seed was in 2010, when Jim Foster was coach. That year, Ohio State was eliminated in the second round by No. 7 Mississippi State.
In the 2023 tournament, Ohio State made a run to the Elite Eight as a No. 3 seed but fell to the No. 1 seed in its region, Virigina Tech. It was the first time that the Buckeyes had made it that far since 1993.
