18.7 million
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I've never been a Hawkeye fan, but it was easy to root for the lady hawks and Caitlin Clark as they made their run. As an Iowa native now living on the west coast, I was proud of the way she represented the game of basketball, and the state of Iowa.
Way to go, kept it from being 18,700,001
That number is skewed. Pretty sure half those viewers were just the regulars at OP Mom’s house watching on her TV while waiting to play ball with her.
Iowa WBB...then everyone else!
What game beat it 5 years ago? I'm not usually a basketball watcher so I honestly have no idea.
Iowa women ran a gauntlet and almost pulled it off. Had they won, it may have been the greatest NCAA tournament feat in history.
Also, the only sporting events this decade to eclipse that number were a couple Olympic events, NFL games, NCAA CFP games, and the World Cup Final.
I thought the numbers would be close to 69 but still, that is hell of number.
Amazing number and probably larger if the game had been played in prime time.
No doubt the NCAA will try to change that... next year when CC and the Hawkeyes are not involved.
SC-NC state final four gams drew 7.1 million, about half of the the Iowa-UCONN game. And people get mad about how much attention Clark gets in the media.
If that 18.7 number is correct, this past season’s NCAAF regular season tOSU-Michigan was higher (19.07). Didn’t check any other year.
Would it really though?
If that’s truly the case, why is the Super Bowl still played on Sunday?
I wish more championship games were either on a Saturday/Sunday or much earlier if they are on a weekday.
Not a chance I was staying up to watch the UConn vs purdue game last night.
I also don’t understand why the ncaa football championship game is always on a Monday night. They play pretty much every college football game on a Saturday before the championship game.
I’m more willing to tinker my weekend to watch a game then stay up late on a Monday night and pay for it the rest of the week.
But I know, I’m probably the only one that feels this way.
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1. The Superbowl is a quasi holiday and family and friend gathering event.
2. The superbowl starts at 6 pm eastern time? and ends well into primetime.
Basically, in this moment and probably through draft and WNBA debut, she is the biggest star in all of basketball, men or women, college or pro. It’s truly amazing and great for women’s sports. Uncharted territory. Closest we have come is Serena Williams for a bit, but that is not a team sport nor one of the big American Sports.
Also the “She is just lucky Paige Bueckers was hurt so much her career because she is even better and would have had the record” mouth breathers can shut up.
Leading a fast break somewhere that results in a turnover.
Wherever he is I bet he's not getting a rebound.
And it would have silenced the multitude of people tearing her down now just because she didn't win a ring. As if taking fricking Iowa to the precipice TWICE isn't good enough. As if twelve points is all that would make her great and now she's not. It's hate at an amazing level considering the facts. Not to mention an unhealthy amount of racism (from both sides).
The Super Bowl is played on Sunday because of money. I emailed the NFL back a few years and asked why not play it on Saturday. They actually replied. They said most visitors to the host city arrive on Thursday and leave on Monday, equating to X amount of dollars to the host city. Their belief is that should they play the game on Saturday people would still arrive on Thursday but now leave on Sunday, causing a 20% drop in revenue for the host city. It has nothing to do with TV, people will watch the Super Bowl any day. It has everything to do with the almighty dollar and the host city.
I wonder why they wouldn’t try doing the same thing with the ncaa football championship then? Or any other one day championship?
Can’t imagine people arrive Thursday for a Monday night game.
Id bet the get to town on Saturday or Sunday and I’d bet they leave town already on Tuesday.
