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[RockyMTblue2]

"Nearly 129,000 unique viewers turned to WatchESPN for the traditional telecast of the championship game, up 44 percent from the previous year. Those fans generated 4.5 million live minutes viewed, a 53 percent increase from 2015. The average Women’s Final Four game on WatchESPN experienced a 40 percent increase in average minute audience, a 29 percent increase in total unique viewers and a 41 percent increase in total minutes viewed compared to last year’s championship weekend.

For the entire tournament, there were 36.7 million live minutes viewed, up 31 percent from the 2015 tournament.

The women’s basketball tournament grossed a total of 23.2 million social impressions across Facebook and Twitter – a 63 percent increase over 2015. Total fan engagement increased 59 percent from 2015 and the audience grew by 68,147 (a 640 percent increase year over year). The Women’s Final Four week alone delivered 382 posts (a 40 percent increase year over year) for a total of 10.5 million social impressions (a 64 percent increase year over year) across Twitter and Facebook. The platforms also set single-day impressions records (3.72 million) on April 5. The women’s basketball Twitter account more than doubled in size from 41,847 followers before March 14 to 102,434 followers at the conclusion of the championship game on April 5. "

Women's basketball makes history during Final Four

Really sucks when facts ruin a perfectly good story line, huh.

 

[Vowelguy]

Uhh, I think you're missing what wasn't said: namely the TV ratings. I suspect if those were good, they'd have been mentioned.

 

[Vowelguy]

Game had 2.97 million viewers, including 881k in the 18-49 demo.

down 3.5% from last year's 3.081 million

 

[RockyMTblue2]

Game had 2.97 million viewers, including 881k in the 18-49 demo.

down 3.5% from last year's 3.081 million

Well the other team in the final does draw less than 400 in the seats, so ... I know Stewie comes from that area but I'm not laying that on UConn dominance. Also, it is worth noting that ESPN is on the viewership decline in general as more and more sports markets get their own little streaming niches (and more and more of their day to day programing sucks).

 

[CamrnCrz1974]

Just posting the link and the excerpt...

UConn Domination Leads to Seven-Year Low For Title Game

BY PAULSEN ON 04/06/2016 ESPN, NCAA TOURNAMENT (W), RATINGS

Historical significance aside, a 31-point rout is no way to attract an audience.

Tuesday’s UConn/Syracuse Women’s NCAA Tournament National Championship Game earned a 1.9 final rating and 3.0 million viewers on ESPN, down a tick in ratings and 4% in viewership from UConn/Notre Dame last year (2.0, 3.1M) and down 32% and 30%, respectively, from UConn/Notre Dame in 2014, when both teams were undefeated (2.8, 4.3M).

The Huskies’ blowout win, which clinched their fourth straight national championship, ranks as the lowest rated and least-watched title game since UConn/Louisville in 2009 (1.8, 2.7M). Since ESPN began airing the national championship in 1996, only twice has it attracted fewer viewers — the aforementioned 2009 game and Tennessee/Rutgers in 2007 (2.9M).

UConn has now played in four of the five least-watched title games since ESPN acquired rights, with three of those coming during the current run of four straight championships. It should be noted that the team has also played in four of the six most-watched games, with their 2014 win ranking sixth. "

UConn Domination Leads to Seven-Year Low For Title Game — Sports Media Watch

 

[Blueconn]

A lot of folks at the NCAA looking to do some positive spinning after talking to a lot of folks at ESPN who are looking to do some positive spinning. Heck, they all need jobs.

Social impressions across Facebook and Twitter
Total fan engagement
Single game impressions
Unique viewers
Live minutes viewed

How enlightening.

 

[RockyMTblue2]

Just posting the link and the excerpt...



UConn Domination Leads to Seven-Year Low For Title Game — Sports Media Watch

I submit that the guilty parties are located at Baylor, Notre Dame and SC as well as Syracuse, Oregon and Miss. State. Seems like parity this year meant the bigs got smaller, is all. So no one was around to give the Giant a big game.

BTW Where have you been?

 

[Plebe]

Just posting the link and the excerpt...



UConn Domination Leads to Seven-Year Low For Title Game — Sports Media Watch

Here's an interesting quote from that article:

"UConn has now played in four of the five least-watched title games since ESPN acquired rights, with three of those coming during the current run of four straight championships. It should be noted that the team has also played in four of the six most-watched games, with their 2014 win ranking sixth."

 

[vtcwbuff]

OK - where in all that spinning social media gobbledy is the only important metric - how much money did it make?
Lots of people been sayin' what many here have been ignoring - If you ain't a UConn fan why watch?

Sorry RMB but I'm having pizza - home made shrimp and asparagus. It's in the oven and nearly done.

 

[RockyMTblue2]

OK - where in all that spinning social media gobbledy is the only important metric - how much money did it make?
Lots of people been sayin' what many here have been ignoring - If you ain't a UConn fan why watch?

Sorry RMB but I'm having pizza - home made shrimp and asparagus. It's in the oven and nearly done.

Well my pizza is headed home right now. Poppa John's bake at home vegetarian with chicken - a garlic infusion delite.

 

[hoophuskee]

How about the other games as a comparison vs UCONN? For example the final four? And the E8? And compare that to last year? Would like to see.

 

[RockyMTblue2]

A lot of folks at the NCAA looking to do some positive spinning after talking to a lot of folks at ESPN who are looking to do some positive spinning. Heck, they all need jobs.

Social impressions across Facebook and Twitter
Total fan engagement
Single game impressions
Unique viewers
Live minutes viewed

How enlightening.

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