Women's Basketball

Ohio State University: Columbus

1080 Jerome Schottenstein Ctr - Columbus, OH - 43210
Team Office: Tel: (614) 292-9270 Fax: (614) 292-7061
Team website: www.osu.edu/athletics/

Founded in 1878, Ohio State is among the ten largest universities in terms of enrollment. The university offers 174 undergraduate majors, 111 Master's degrees, and 93 doctoral programs. Among the graduate programs with some distinction: Veterinary Medicine, Education, Business, Nursing, and Engineering. US News 2008 report of America's Best Colleges ranked Ohio State #57 among national universities.

The 1700 acre campus is located in the state capital of Columbus (pop.750k).

School website
www.osu.edu

College Profile

Type:

Public. co-ed

Religious Affiliation:

None

Enrollment:

48,000

Getting In:

Difficult. ACT 25/75: 24-29

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: ~$16,000
Out-of-State: ~$27,000

Most Popular Majors

Psychology - English - Communications

Misc. Information

Head coach Jim Foster enters his 6th season at Ohio State in 2007-08. Foster, who arrived on campus in 2002-03, had previously spent 11 seasons at Vanderbilt (1991-2002) where he compiled a 256-99 (.721) record with all but one of his teams finishing in the top 25. In the five seasons prior to Foster taking the reins, Ohio State had compiled a mediocre .554 winning percentage and placed 7th or worse in Big 10 play four times. In his initial year, the Buckeyes went 22-10, the program's best showing since 1992-93, and finished nationally ranked at #20. In 2004-05, Foster produced the program's first 30 win season and nearly matched that in 2005-06 going 29-3. In 2006-07, the Buckeyes went 28-4 but were upset in the first round of the NCAA tourney by Marist. It was Foster's fifth NCAA appearance in five tries.

Team Name	Buckeyes
Colors	Scarlet and Gray
Division	NCAA Division I
All-Time Record	754-333 (.693)

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	28-4	29-3	30-5	92-61 (.601)
Conference	15-1	15-1	14-2	40-40 (.500)
Conf. Finish	1	1	1	3, 4, 7, 8, 8
Post Appear.	1st Rnd	2nd Rnd	Swt 16	NCAA 2x
Final 25 Rank	#8	#2	#9	n/a

Coaches

Head Coach	Jim Foster
	Birthday: 0000-00-00
Started at Ohio St	2002-03
Contract Expires	2011-12
Record as Head Coach	634-257 (.711)
Record at Ohio St	130-32 (.802)
Coaching Awards	Big 10 COTY (05)

Asst. Coaches	Kelley Meury, Tamika Williams, Debbie Black

Recruiting Coordinator

Kelly Meury, (614) 292-5224,

Conference and Schedule

Ohio State plays in the Big Ten (www.bigten.org) which is comprised of 11 schools from eight states. The Big 10 is ranked among the top three D1 conferences in the nation. Ohio State plays a 16 game schedule and will play six teams twice, and four once. Conference play starts in January with most games played on Thursday evenings and Sunday afternoons. The season concludes with the Big 10 tournament. All 11 teams participate. The bracket will be seeded according to the final regular-season standings with the League champion earning the top seed and the top five finishers receiving first-round byes. Tourney winner is an automatic qualifier.

Conference Opponents

Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Northwestern, Illinois, Michigan State, Michigan, Penn State, Purdue, and Indiana.

Facilities

St. John Arena
Capacity: 13,400. Attendance:

Style/Stats

In 2005-06, Ohio State was ranked #4 in scoring defense, limiting opponents to 52.9 ppg.