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The Women's College Basketball Belt

Ohio State

5Reigns
104Days held
19Defenses
1988First reign

Every reign

  1. 5th reignBeat Wisconsin 75–53 · lost to Stanford
    Feb 26, 2009 – Mar 28, 200930 days · 6 def.
  2. 4th reignBeat Purdue 71–60 · lost to Michigan State
    Jan 25, 2009 – Feb 8, 200914 days · 3 def.
  3. 3rd reignBeat Michigan 70–50 · lost to Minnesota
    Dec 21, 2008 – Jan 15, 200925 days · 4 def.
  4. 2nd reignBeat Virginia 75–73 · lost to Texas Tech
    Mar 27, 1993 – Apr 4, 19938 days · 1 def.
  5. 1st reignBeat Iowa 58–54 · lost to Maryland
    Feb 26, 1988 – Mar 24, 198827 days · 5 def.

Same school, other belts

5,740Longest wait between reigns, days (1993–2008)
1,899Average wait, days
6,439Days since the last reign ended (2009)
16–3Best belt season (2008–09)

Belt record by opponent

OpponentW–LShare
UConn0–5Games →
Iowa3–1Games →
Purdue4–0Games →
Illinois3–0Games →
Minnesota1–1Games →
Indiana2–0Games →
Michigan2–0Games →
Michigan State1–1Games →
Wisconsin2–0Games →
Texas0–1Games →
Syracuse1–0Games →
Maryland0–1Games →
Virginia1–0Games →
Texas Tech0–1Games →
Tennessee0–1Games →

Seasons with the belt

Most belt games for the program

PlayerGamesWinsPTS
1Jaloni Cambridge2038
2Shayla Cooper2032
3Kelsey Mitchell2031
4Ameryst Alston2018
5Chance Gray2015
6Kennedy Cambridge2010
7Elsa Lemmila2010
8Cait Craft208
9Ava Watson207
10Alexa Hart206

Every player →

Belt games by season

SeasonGamesW–LTook itLost it
2025–2610–1
2024–2510–1
2016–1710–1
2015–1610–1
2013–1410–1
2010–1110–1
2008–091916–333
2003–0410–1
1995–9610–1
1992–9332–111
1987–8886–211
1986–8710–1

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