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Message: [QUOTE="BigTenGuy, post: 5252192, member: 12979"] 8.5 million is a legitimately impressive viewership number, showing the floor has been substantially raised, especially when the two biggest WBB brands are both involved. Still, I wish ESPN wouldn’t compare it to the ESPN-only era (1996-2022) that ended in 2022. Network+cable beating just cable proves little. While there is reason for skepticism about the early WBB viewership numbers on CBS before Nielsen’s people meters began (1988 for WBB), this year’s 8.5 million viewers ranks 6th out of the 17 network WBB championship games: 2024-18.882M Iowa-South Carolina 1983-11.84M USC-La Tech 1986-11.22M USC-Texas 2023-9.92M Iowa-LSU 1982-8.79M La Tech-Cheyney 2025-8.5M UConn-South Carolina [/QUOTE]