Michigan–Ohio State women's basketball rivalry

Michigan–Ohio State
women's basketball rivalry
Michigan Wolverines
Ohio State Buckeyes
SportBasketball
First meetingJanuary 3, 1978
Ohio State 94, Michigan 47
Latest meetingFebruary 28, 2024
Ohio State 67, Michigan 51
Next meetingJanuary 8, 2025
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Statistics
Meetings total78
All-time seriesOhio State leads, 61–17
Largest victoryOhio State, 94–47 (1978)
Longest win streakOhio State, 16 (1982–1990)
Current win streakOhio State, 1 (2024–present)
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The Michigan–Ohio State women's basketball rivalry is a college basketball rivalry between the Michigan Wolverines and Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball programs that is part of the larger rivalry between the University of Michigan and Ohio State University. The rivalry between the Wolverines and Buckeyes notably includes football and men's basketball.

Series history

As of the end of the 2023–24 season, Ohio State leads the series 61–17, including winning 30 of the first 32 meetings between the two teams. With both teams being in the Big Ten Conference, the teams have met at least once a year since 1978. In January 2011, Michigan completed its first season sweep of Ohio State.[1]

From 2010 to 2021, only two of the last 20 games between Michigan and Ohio State have had a margin larger than 11 points. While the last twelve games between the rivals have each been decided by single digits.[2] Michigan has seven wins over Ohio State since Kim Barnes Arico took over as head coach in 2012–13, accounting for 44 percent of Michigan's 16 all-time wins against the Buckeyes.[3]

On January 7, 2012, Michigan upset No. 8 Ohio State 73–62. This marked the Wolverines first win over Ohio State when the Buckeyes were ranked in the Top-10. This also marked the Wolverines third consecutive win over the Buckeyes, who were ranked each time, their longest win streak during the rivalry.[4][5]

On January 7, 2018, for the first time in the series' history dating back to 1978, the teams met while both were ranked in the Top-25. The Buckeyes were ranked No. 10 in both the AP Poll and the Coaches Poll, while the Wolverines were ranked No. 22 in the AP Poll and No. 20 in the Coaches Poll.[6] Ohio State won the game 78–71 in overtime.[7] On January 16, 2018, the teams again met while both were ranked in the Top-25. The Buckeyes (16–2, 5–0 Big Ten) were ranked No. 8 in both the AP Poll and Coaches Poll, while the Wolverines (15–4, 4–2 Big Ten) were ranked No. 19 in the AP Poll and No. 18 in the Coaches Poll.[8] Michigan upset Ohio State 84–75.[9][10]

On February 21, 2021, the teams met while both were ranked in the Top-25. The Wolverines (13–2, 8–2 Big Ten) were ranked No. 11 in both the AP Poll and Coaches Poll, while the Buckeyes (13–4, 9–4 Big Ten) were ranked No. 15 in the AP Poll and No. 14 in the Coaches Poll.[11] Michigan won the game 75–66.[12][13]

On December 31, 2021, the teams met while both were ranked in the Top-25. The Wolverines (11–1, 2–0 Big Ten) were ranked No. 9 in the AP Poll and No. 7 in the Coaches Poll, while the Buckeyes (9–2, 1–1 Big Ten) were ranked No. 25 in both the AP Poll and Coaches Poll. Michigan won the game 90–71. This was Michigan's largest margin of victory over Ohio State in the history of the rivalry.[14][15]

On January 27, 2022, the teams met while both were ranked in the Top-25. The Wolverines (17–2, 8–1 Big Ten) were ranked No. 7 in both the AP Poll and Coaches Poll, while the Buckeyes (15–3, 7–2 Big Ten) were ranked No. 22 in the AP Poll, and No. 19 Coaches Poll. Michigan won the game 77–58. This matched Michigan's largest margin of victory over Ohio State in the history of the rivalry. The win marked Michigan's first season sweep over Ohio State since the 2010–11 season.[16][17]

On March 3, 2023, Ohio State defeated Michigan 81–79 in the 2023 Big Ten women's basketball tournament marking the first time in series history that both teams met three times in a single season, and the first time either team defeated the other three teams in a single season, with the Buckeyes completing three victories against the Wolverines in the 2022–23 season.

Rival accomplishments

The following summarizes the accomplishments of the two programs.

Team Michigan Ohio State
National titles 0 0
Final Four appearances 0 1
NCAA Tournament appearances 8 24
Big Ten tournament titles 0 5
Big Ten regular season titles 0 15
Big Ten Players of the Year 1 15
All-time program record 582–688 1,061–461
All-time winning percentage .458 .697

Game results

Michigan victoriesOhio State victoriesTie gamesVacated wins
No.DateLocationWinnerScore
1 January 3, 1978 Columbus, OH Ohio State 94–47
2 January 15, 1979 Ann Arbor, MI Ohio State 88–83
3 January 8, 1980 Columbus, OH Ohio State 75–52
4 February 24, 1981 Ann Arbor, MI Michigan 79–71
5 January 9, 1982 Columbus, OH Ohio State 80–64
6 January 21, 1983 Ann Arbor, MI Ohio State 82–62
7 February 27, 1983 Columbus, OH Ohio State 74–60
8 January 20, 1984 Columbus, OH Ohio State 68–45
9 February 26, 1984 Ann Arbor, MI Ohio State 86–69
10 January 6, 1985 Columbus, OH Ohio State 79–51
11 March 7, 1985 Ann Arbor, MI Ohio State 73–57
12 January 5, 1986 Ann Arbor, MI Ohio State 77–53
13 March 6, 1986 Columbus, OH Ohio State 73–48
14 January 9, 1987 Columbus, OH Ohio State 72–48
15 February 8, 1987 Ann Arbor, MI Ohio State 72–61
16 January 15, 1988 Ann Arbor, MI Ohio State 77–66
17 February 14, 1988 Columbus, OH Ohio State 87–73
18 January 13, 1989 Ann Arbor, MI Ohio State 85–70
19 February 12, 1989 Columbus, OH Ohio State 89–51
20 January 12, 1990 Columbus, OH Ohio State 84–67
21 February 11, 1990 Ann Arbor, MI Michigan 58–55
22 January 25, 1991 Ann Arbor, MI Ohio State 81–70OT
23 February 24, 1991 Columbus, OH Ohio State 89–81
24 January 31, 1992 Columbus, OH Ohio State 73–56
25 March 1, 1992 Ann Arbor, MI Ohio State 73–59
26 January 22, 1993 Columbus, OH Ohio State 90–73
27 February 21, 1993 Ann Arbor, MI Ohio State 79–59
28 January 21, 1994 Ann Arbor, MI Ohio State 81–61
29 February 20, 1994 Columbus, OH Ohio State 80–73
30 January 22, 1995 Ann Arbor, MI Ohio State 94–79
31 January 21, 1996 Columbus, OH Ohio State 83–75
32 December 28, 1996 Columbus, OH Ohio State 78–55
33 February 23, 1997 Ann Arbor, MI Michigan 74–65
34 December 28, 1997 Ann Arbor, MI Ohio State 70–66
35 February 22, 1998 Columbus, OH Ohio State 88–80
36 January 29, 1999 Ann Arbor, MI Michigan 85–71OT
37 February 6, 2000 Columbus, OH Michigan 65–61
38 January 14, 2001 Ann Arbor, MI Ohio State 76–68
39 January 21, 2001 Columbus, OH Michigan 76–63
40 January 10, 2002 Ann Arbor, MI Ohio State 77–66
No.DateLocationWinnerScore
41 February 10, 2002 Columbus, OH Ohio State 88–75
42 February 27, 2003 Columbus, OH Ohio State 70–55
43 January 29, 2004 Ann Arbor, MI Ohio State 51–49
44 January 11, 2005 Ann Arbor, MI Ohio State 84–56
45 February 10, 2005 Columbus, OH Ohio State 72–39
46 January 15, 2006 Columbus, OH Ohio State 62–34
47 February 10, 2006 Ann Arbor, MI Ohio State 74–55
48 February 25, 2007 Ann Arbor, MI Ohio State 72–58
49 January 3, 2007 Columbus, OH No. 21 Ohio State 66–42
50 December 21, 2008 Columbus, OH Ohio State 70–50
51 January 29, 2009 Ann Arbor, MI No. 15 Ohio State 52–44
52 January 3, 2010 Columbus, OH Ohio State 59–56
53 January 21, 2010 Ann Arbor, MI No. 5 Ohio State 58–56
54 December 30, 2010 Ann Arbor, MI Michigan 64–51
55 January 27, 2011 Columbus, OH Michigan 69–66
56 January 7, 2012 Ann Arbor, MI Michigan 73–62
57 March 2, 2012 Indianapolis, IN No. 14 Ohio State 57–48
58 March 3, 2013 Columbus, OH Ohio State 66–55
59 January 5, 2014 Columbus, OH Michigan 64–49
60 January 23, 2014 Ann Arbor, MI Ohio State 60–51
61 January 11, 2015 Ann Arbor, MI Michigan 100–94OT
62 February 10, 2015 Columbus, OH Ohio State 77–73
63 January 21, 2016 Ann Arbor, MI No. 7 Ohio State 97–93
64 January 7, 2017 Columbus, OH No. 11 Ohio State 96–87
65 January 7, 2018 Ann Arbor, MI No. 10 Ohio State 78–71OT
66 January 16, 2018 Columbus, OH Michigan 84–75
67 January 20, 2019 Ann Arbor, MI Michigan 62–58
68 January 9, 2020 Columbus, OH Ohio State 78–69
69 March 7, 2020 Indianapolis, IN Ohio State 66–60
70 January 21, 2021 Columbus, OH No. 17 Ohio State 81–77
71 February 21, 2021 Ann Arbor, MI No. 11 Michigan 75–66
72 December 31, 2021 Ann Arbor, MI No. 9 Michigan 90–71
73 January 27, 2022 Columbus, OH No. 7 Michigan 77–58
74 December 31, 2022 Columbus, OH No. 3 Ohio State 66–57
75 February 20, 2023 Ann Arbor, MI No. 16 Ohio State 74–61
76 March 3, 2023 Minneapolis, MN No. 14 Ohio State 81–79
77 December 30, 2023 Ann Arbor, MI Michigan 69–60
78 February 28, 2024 Columbus, OH No. 2 Ohio State 67–51
Series: Ohio State leads 61–17
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