The Ohio State Buckeyes are the intercollegiate sports teams and players of The Ohio State University, named after the colloquial term for people from the state of Ohio and after the state tree, the Ohio Buckeye.[2][3] The Buckeyes participate in the National Collegiate Athletic Association`s (NCAA) Division I in all sports and the Big Ten Conference in most sports. The Ohio State women`s ice hockey team competes in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA). The school colors are scarlet and gray. Ohio State`s mascot is Brutus Buckeye.