The South Carolina-UConn game was the highest rated college basketball game on ESPN2 this season — men or women — and did a 14.3 local rating for the Hartford-New Haven market. The game also was the most streamed televised women's college basketball regular season game ever.
No. 1 UConn's 66-55 milestone victory over No. 6 South Carolina delivered a 0.9 overnight rating nationally, making it the highest-rated college basketball game on ESPN2 this season, and the highest-rated women's college basketball regular season game since 2010. Online, the game attracted 69,000 unique viewers with a total of 1,700,000 minutes watched, which makes this matchup the most streamed women's college basketball regular-season game ever televised by ESPN.
Hartford/New Haven was the No. 1 local market. Greenville was second with 2.3 rating, followed by Knoxville (2.0), Charlotte (1.7) and Cincinnati (1.6).
S.C.-UConn Game Was A Ratings Bonanza For ESPN2
No. 1 UConn's 66-55 milestone victory over No. 6 South Carolina delivered a 0.9 overnight rating nationally, making it the highest-rated college basketball game on ESPN2 this season, and the highest-rated women's college basketball regular season game since 2010. Online, the game attracted 69,000 unique viewers with a total of 1,700,000 minutes watched, which makes this matchup the most streamed women's college basketball regular-season game ever televised by ESPN.
Hartford/New Haven was the No. 1 local market. Greenville was second with 2.3 rating, followed by Knoxville (2.0), Charlotte (1.7) and Cincinnati (1.6).
S.C.-UConn Game Was A Ratings Bonanza For ESPN2