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Message: [QUOTE="SVCBeercats, post: 4113250, member: 7874"] [HEADING=1]NCAA Men’s vs Women’s Basketball: Attendance[/HEADING] [HEADING=2]Who Has the Most Average Fans? Men’s or Women’s College Basketball?[/HEADING] NCAA Men’s Division I basketball has 351 total teams, with 5364 total games. Average attendance in 2019 was 4659 per game/session. Total attendance for the athletic term was 27,001,383. NCAA Women’s Division I basketball has a total of 349 total teams, with 5241 total games. Average attendance in 2019 was 1625 per game/session. Total attendance for the athletic term was 8,634,112 – an all-time record. From the 2019 numbers, both men’s and women’s attendance are buoyed by major colleges/universities and the NCAA Tournament. [HEADING=2]Which Has the Higher Ticket Price, NCAA Men’s or Women’s Basketball?[/HEADING] Ticket prices vary by college and university across the United States. It should also be taken into consideration that at certain colleges and universities, tickets are distributed freely to students by a lottery system. For the 2021 Men’s NCAA March Madness Tournament, the average ticket price is around $143. This is down from previous years where the average ticket price floated around $250. The women’s numbers are less available, as the NCAA does not release specific numbers regarding the revenues and operating costs of the women’s basketball tournament. At the moment, resale tickets for the 2021 women’s tournament begin at $195. [HEADING=1]NCAA Men’s vs Women’s Basketball: Ratings[/HEADING] [HEADING=2]Who Has Better Television Ratings?[/HEADING] Ratings for the NCAA regular season fall in the favor of the men’s side of NCAA Basketball. But further inspection into the NCAA Tournament as a whole yields interesting results. Ratings for the 2019 women’s Final Four (3.6 million) were comparable to the top NCAA men’s regular-season games during the 2020-2021 season. Since 2016, viewership for the NCAA women’s final has increased by 24%. [HEADING=1]Conclusion: The Men’s Game Is Big, but the Women’s Game Is Growing[/HEADING] As it has been for the majority of NCAA Basketball history, the men’s game has dominated the women’s game in terms of revenue and viewership. However, recent trends over the past ten years have shown that the women’s game is growing at a steady pace. While the COVID-19 pandemic has halted a lot of growth for NCAA sports across the board, the overall trends are positive for the women’s game. Improving the game by creating equal opportunity across all NCAA sports, not just basketball, for athletes of any gender, race, or creed is an initiative that can only help the growth of the college game. The men’s 2019 NCAA March Madness Tournament averaged 10.5 million viewers. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.wsn.com/ncaam-basketball/ncaa-men-vs-women-basketball/[/URL] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/ncaa-final-four-ratings-history-most-watched-games-cbs-tbs-nbc/[/URL] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/womens-final-four-ratings-history-espn/[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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