The 2025–26 Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball team represented Ohio State University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Buckeyes were led by head coach Kevin McGuff in his 13th season and played their home games at Value City Arena in Columbus, Ohio as a member of the Big Ten Conference.
Previous season The Buckeyes finished the 2024–25 season 26–7, 13–5 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for fourth place. As the No. 3 seed in the Big Ten tournament, they defeated Iowa in the quarterfinals before losing to UCLA in the semifinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 4 seed in the Birmingham 3 region. They defeated Montana State in the first round before losing to Tennessee in the second round.
Offseason Departures Ohio State departures Madison Greene 0 G 5'8" Graduate student Pickerington, ON Graduated Ajae Petty 1 F 6'3" Graduate student Baltimore, MD Graduated/undrafted in 2025 WNBA draft; signed with the Minnesota Lynx Taylor Thierry 2 G/F 6'0" Senior Cleveland, OH Graduated/2025 WNBA draft; selected 36th overall by Atlanta Dream Kaia Henderson 11 G 5'6" Junior Utica, NY Transferred to Boston College Cotie McMahon 32 F 6'0" Junior Centerville, OH Transferred to Ole Miss Faith Carson 54 C 6'4" Sophomore Buchanan, MI Transferred to Grand Canyon Eboni Walker 55 F 6'0" Graduate student Las Vegas, NV Graduated
Incoming transfers Ohio State incoming transfers Kylee Kitts 1 G/F 6'4" Freshman Oviedo, FL Florida T'Yana Todd 4 G 6'0" Senior Vaughan, ON Boston College
2025 recruiting class
Recruiting class of 2026
Recruiting class of 2027
Roster
Schedule and results
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Rankings
*AP did not release a week 8 poll.
See also 2025-26 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team
References