This marks the Buckeyes’ first regular season conference championship since 2017-18, when they also won the tournament title.
With its 61-55 win at Michigan State and Iowa’s 104-80 win over Michigan, the Ohio State women’s basketball team earned a share of the Big Ten regular season championship on Sunday evening.
At 22-5 overall and 14-4 in conference play, the Buckeyes also clinched the No. 1 seed in the upcoming Big Ten Tournament – which begins on Wednesday at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis – by virtue of their 92-88 win over the Hawkeyes in Iowa City on Jan. 31.
This marks Ohio State’s 16th Big Ten regular-season championship, the most of any team in the conference, and their first since 2017-18, when they also went on to win the tournament title. It also extends head coach Kevin McGuff’s contract by one year through the 2023-24 season.
The Buckeyes will have a bye to the quarterfinals and will take on the winner of No. 8 seed Michigan State and ninth-seeded Purdue on at 11:30 a.m. on Friday, with the game broadcast live on BTN. The championship, meanwhile, is set for Sunday at 4 p.m. on ESPN2.
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