1992–93 Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball team

1992–93 Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball
1992–93 Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball
Big Ten co-champions
NCAA tournament, Runner-up
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 2
AP	No. 3
Record	28–4 (16–2 Big Ten)
Head coach	Nancy Darsch (8th season);
Home arena	St. John Arena
	Seasons ← 1991–92 1993–94 →

1992–93 Big Ten women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 3 Ohio State	16	–	2	.889	28	–	4	.875
No. 4 Iowa	16	–	2	.889	27	–	4	.871
No. 8 Penn State	14	–	4	.778	22	–	6	.786
Northwestern	13	–	5	.722	20	–	9	.690
Minnesota	9	–	9	.500	14	–	12	.538
Purdue	8	–	10	.444	16	–	11	.593
Illinois	7	–	11	.389	12	–	15	.444
Michigan State	6	–	12	.333	10	–	17	.370
Indiana	5	–	13	.278	14	–	13	.519
Wisconsin	4	–	14	.222	7	–	20	.259
Michigan	1	–	17	.056	2	–	25	.074

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1992–93 Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball team represented Ohio State University during the 1992–93 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Buckeyes were led by head coach Nancy Darsch in her eighth year, and played their games at St. John Arena in Columbus, Ohio as a member of the Big Ten Conference.^[1]^[2] The team shared the Big Ten title with Iowa, and reached the first Final Four in program history.

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	15	Audrey Burcy	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	Sr
G	22	Averrill Roberts	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Sr
G/F	30	Katie Smith	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Fr	Logan	Logan, OH
G	31	Adrienne Johnson	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	Butler Traditional	Louisville, Kentucky
F/C	43	Stacie Howard	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Jr	Orrville	Orrville, Ohio
F/C	44	Lisa Negri	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	Powers Catholic	Flint, Michigan
F	50	Nikki Keyton	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Sr

Head coach

Nancy Darsch (Springfield)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Source:^[3]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular Season
Dec 4, 1992*		Bowling Green	W 76–65	1–0	St. John Arena Columbus, Ohio
Dec 13, 1992*		at Boston College	W 104–65	2–0	Conte Forum Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
Dec 14, 1992*		at UMass	W 81–48	3–0	Curry Hicks Cage Amherst, Massachusetts
Dec 18, 1992*		Central Michigan Buckeye Classic	W 97–65	4–0	St. John Arena Columbus, Ohio
Dec 19, 1992*		Georgia Buckeye Classic	W 89–72	5–0	St. John Arena Columbus, Ohio
Dec 22, 1992*	No. 23	UCLA	W 91–80	6–0	St. John Arena Columbus, Ohio
Dec 30, 1992*	No. 20	Syracuse	W 84–55	7–0	St. John Arena Columbus, Ohio
Jan 2, 1993*	No. 20	No. 5 Virginia Big Ten-ACC Challenge	W 91–84	8–0	St. John Arena Columbus, Ohio
Jan 7, 1993*	No. 13	at No. 1 Vanderbilt	L 67–70	8–1	Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, Tennessee
Jan 10, 1993	No. 13	Illinois	W 87–57	9–1 (1–0)	St. John Arena Columbus, Ohio
Jan 15, 1993	No. 10	at No. 12 Purdue	W 84–78	10–1 (2–0)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Jan 17, 1993	No. 10	at Indiana	W 81–67	11–1 (3–0)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
Jan 22, 1993	No. 8	Michigan	W 90–73	12–1 (4–0)	St. John Arena Columbus, Ohio
Jan 24, 1993	No. 8	Michigan State	W 78–57	13–1 (5–0)	St. John Arena Columbus, Ohio
Jan 27, 1993	No. 4	at No. 6 Penn State	L 64–70	13–2 (5–1)	Rec Hall University Park, Pennsylvania
Jan 29, 1993	No. 4	at Wisconsin	W 70–66	14–2 (6–1)	Wisconsin Field House Madison, Wisconsin
Feb 5, 1993	No. 6	at No. 3 Iowa	L 62–79	14–3 (6–2)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa
Feb 12, 1993	No. 7	Indiana	W 99–58	15–3 (7–2)	St. John Arena Columbus, Ohio
Feb 14, 1993	No. 7	Purdue	W 72–61	16–3 (8–2)	St. John Arena Columbus, Ohio
Feb 19, 1993	No. 7	Michigan State	W 88–51	17–3 (9–2)	Jenison Fieldhouse East Lansing, Michigan
Feb 21, 1993	No. 7	Michigan	W 79–59	18–3 (10–2)	Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, Michigan
Feb 24, 1993*	No. 4	No. 6 Iowa	W 73–71	19–3 (11–2)	St. John Arena Columbus, Ohio
Feb 26, 1993*	No. 4	Wisconsin	W 95–58	20–3 (12–2)	St. John Arena Columbus, Ohio
Mar 4, 1993*	No. 4	Minnesota	W 95–76	21–3 (13–2)	St. John Arena Columbus, Ohio
Mar 7, 1993*	No. 4	No. 2 Iowa	W 72–60	22–3 (14–2)	St. John Arena Columbus, Ohio
Mar 11, 1993	No. 3	Northwestern	W 76–66	23–3 (15–2)	Welsh–Ryan Arena Evanston, Illinois
Mar 13, 1993	No. 3	Illinois	W 94–78	24–3 (16–2)	Assembly Hall Champaign, Illinois
NCAA Women's Tournament
Mar 20, 1993*	(1 E) No. 3	(9 E) Rutgers Second round	W 90–61	25–3	St. John Arena Columbus, Ohio
Mar 25, 1993*	(1 E) No. 3	vs. (4 E) No. 13 Western Kentucky Regional Semifinal – Sweet Sixteen	W 86–73	26–3	Richmond Coliseum Richmond, Virginia
Mar 27, 1993*	(1 E) No. 3	vs. (2 E) No. 9 Virginia Regional Final – Elite Eight	W 75–73	27–3	Richmond Coliseum Richmond, Virginia
Apr 3, 1993*	(1 E) No. 3	vs. (2 ME) No. 4 Iowa National Semifinal – Final Four	W 73–72 ^{OT^[4]}	28–3	Omni Coliseum Atlanta, Georgia
April 5, 1993*	(1 E) No. 3	vs. (2 W) No. 5 Texas Tech National Championship	L 82–84^[5]	28–4	Omni Coliseum Atlanta, Georgia
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. E=East. All times are in Eastern.

Rankings

References

^ Benatar, Orri (September 7, 2022). "Full Ohio State women's basketball schedule". WCMH-TV. Retrieved November 16, 2022.
^ Morton, Chrissy (September 21, 2022). "Ohio State women's basketball TV schedule announced for the 2022-23 season". WSYX. Retrieved May 26, 2024.
^ "1992-93 Women's Basketball Schedule". Ohio State University Athletics. Retrieved May 27, 2024.
^ "OHIO ST. WOMEN GAIN BIG 10'S 1ST NATIONAL TITLE BERTH". The Chicago Tribune. April 4, 1993. Retrieved May 27, 2024.
^ "Texas Tech's Swoopes Pounces on Ohio State". The Washington Post. April 5, 1993. Retrieved May 27, 2024.

[1] Benatar, Orri (September 7, 2022). "Full Ohio State women's basketball schedule". WCMH-TV. Retrieved November 16, 2022.

[2] Morton, Chrissy (September 21, 2022). "Ohio State women's basketball TV schedule announced for the 2022-23 season". WSYX. Retrieved May 26, 2024.

[3] "1992-93 Women's Basketball Schedule". Ohio State University Athletics. Retrieved May 27, 2024.

[4] "OHIO ST. WOMEN GAIN BIG 10'S 1ST NATIONAL TITLE BERTH". The Chicago Tribune. April 4, 1993. Retrieved May 27, 2024.

[5] "Texas Tech's Swoopes Pounces on Ohio State". The Washington Post. April 5, 1993. Retrieved May 27, 2024.

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Venues	St. John Arena (1965–1998) Value City Arena (1998–present) Covelli Center (secondary; 2019–present)
Rivalries	Michigan
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People	Head coaches
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NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

Roster

Schedule and results

Rankings

See also

References