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Message: [QUOTE="LETTERL, post: 4880820, member: 4687"] I just can't believe some of those viewing figures. Louisville/Syracuse only had 181,000 viewers? Goodness..I was on the edge of my seat toward the end of that one. Certainly, there was a bad sample taken..or the current crop of Nielsen families don't care much for women's basketball...nor those mailed ratings diaries to supplement the regular participants in the sample. It does seem, though, that overall, viewership is up this season for WCBB...and not just because of Caitlin Clark. As for Iowa/Nebraska...that is awesome and is also likely to be an underestimate. The security guard at the College where I teach is a South Carolina grad....his wife went to UCONN...and, of course, I'm an NC State fan. He couldn't wait for me to check in Monday morning so we could discuss the weekend's events in WCBB. I also had a couple of other faculty, who I didn't even know followed our game, came up to me to talk about Caitlin Clark and how disappointed they were they weren't able to see the record set on Sunday. Clark is drawing viewers and interest in record numbers right now; even people who may not follow WCBB regularly are aware of the record she's destined to break this week. It'll be interesting to see if those high numbers persist once the record is broken...or if there's a dip before a second surge once post-season play starts. [/QUOTE]