Anyone see ratings numbers for yesterday’s UConn vs Iowa game?

[Husky fanatic]

Curious to know how close to 4.8 million

 

[DefenseBB]

Curious to know how close to 4.8 million

Why 4.8 million, was that a record?

 

[KY Card Fan]

Curious to know how close to 4.8 million

That 4.8 million was a national championship game in prime time between the best, most-publicized program in WBB and the program that has the largest national fanbase.

I'll wager that yesterday's numbers will be less than 2.4 million. I'll be more interested to see how the WBB ratings compare to those of other sporting events that were televised yesterday - UFC, PGA Word Golf Championship and NASCAR. Not gonna mention MBB.

 

[HuskyBaggins]

Was looking for that as well and Google doesn't seem to know, so I'm guessing the numbers aren't out.

I doubt it was anywhere near 2.4 million. That's national semi-final level, and that was UConn vs ND in 2014. You can expect the rating to drop the further you are from the finals.

Women's Title Game Viewership Up, Semis Low

Women's Final Four ratings were a mixed bag, with the Baylor-Notre Dame national championship up and the national semifinals at lows.

www.sportsmediawatch.com

 

[Vowelguy]

You’d only get the major markets in the overnight ratings. That’s usually accurate enough for almost anything, but with this being the first time you might need to wait for the full sample.

 

[UConnCat]

This was last weekend.

 

[Vowelguy]

Last weekends games with less hype and lower quality matchups got 600k.

Ratings: Women's NCAA, PGA Tour, fights and more

Ratings roundup: the first Women's NCAA Tournament game on ABC hit a viewership high; the PGA Tour's momentum stalled.

www.sportsmediawatch.com

 

[Vowelguy]

Sportsmediawatch.com predicted the Iowa game would get a 0.59 rating which would mean about 900k viewers.

Keep in mind that this years games went directly up against the men’s games (and a great weather day in much of the east) which will cut into viewership.

 

[UConnCat]

 

[Kmoney]

P

Put it on ESPN and ABC.

 

[awhom111]

Here are all of the numbers that I have seen so far by day via Showbuzzdaily:
Selection 446 .12 .08 .16 .06 .03 .07 .15 .25

Central Michigan-Iowa 403
Middle Tennessee State-Tennessee 633
Idaho State-Kentucky 228
Florida Gulf Coast-Michigan 151
Jackson State-Baylor 582
North Carolina A&T-North Carolina State 246
South Dakota State-Syracuse 165
Mercer-South Carolina 336
High Point-UConn 569 .12 .12 .13 .11 .09 .09 .15 .34
Utah Valley-Stanford 186

North Carolina-Alabama 262
Wright State-Arkansas 337
Mount St. Mary's-Maryland 282
Michigan State-Iowa State 288
Marist-Louisville 203
Bradley-Texas 172
Wyoming-UCLA 174
South Dakota-Oregon 169

South Florida-North Carolina State 290
Michigan-Tennessee 453
Oregon State-South Carolina 530
Virginia Tech-Baylor 380
Syracuse-UConn 804 .16 .18 .14 .12 .13 .06 .22 .51
Oklahoma State-Stanford 301

Alabama-Maryland 246
Oregon-Georgia 350
Northwestern-Louisville 411
Iowa State-Texas A&M 765
BYU-Arizona 220
Texas-UCLA 592

Iowa-UConn 1559 .23 .30 .41
Michigan Baylor 1223 .17 .23 .30
Indiana-North Carolina State 490
Arizona-Texas A&M 570

Georgia Tech-South Carolina 1017
Missouri State-Stanford 994
Oregon-Louisville 689 .15 .15 .15 .10 .11 .07 .17 .40
Texas-Maryland 744 .12 .09 .14 .05 .05 .06 .16 .50

Numbers is thousands of viewers on average that were watching the broadcast. For heavily viewed cable, the additional decimals are the percentage of people 18-49, then F18-49, M18-49, 18-34, F12-34, M12-34, 25-54, and 50+ who were watching on average. Saturday's ABC games got an additional level of numbers that is percentage of 18-34, 18-49, and 25-54 watching on average.

That 4.8 million was a national championship game in prime time between the best, most-publicized program in WBB and the program that has the largest national fanbase.

I'll wager that yesterday's numbers will be less than 2.4 million. I'll be more interested to see how the WBB ratings compare to those of other sporting events that were televised yesterday - UFC, PGA Word Golf Championship and NASCAR. Not gonna mention MBB.

UFC .718, Saturday Golf 1.524, NASCAR had weather so we will go with figure skating, which was 1.462. I will mention MBB, but the NIT championship, which is always an interesting comparison, averaging 827,000 viewers on a Sunday instead of the usual weekday.

 

[awhom111]

Yesterday's games:
Baylor-UConn 1703 .41 .30 .51 .30 .22 .30 .47 .98
Indiana-Arizona 980 .23 .19 .26 .16 .14 .13 .26 .58