Women’s Semifinals - Record High Ratings

[bovwa10]

Final Four TV ratings primer: Women's set for big numbers, men's likely to drop

With major stars, big programs and a title game on ABC, the women's Final Four is set up for big TV ratings. The men face a different story.

theathletic.com

Parity And Good Basketball Lead To Record Attendance For Women’s March Madness In First Two Rounds

For the second year in a row, the first and second rounds of women’s March Madness have set a NCAA attendance record, according to a tweet from the NCAA March Madness official account.

www.forbes.com

It really feels like women’s college basketball is at a tipping point in terms of popularity. Like Debbie Antonelli said, I wouldn’t be surprised if the Iowa-SC semifinal garnered the highest ratings of any game in the tournament in history

 

[hoopsnloops32]

Final Four TV ratings primer: Women's set for big numbers, men's likely to drop

With major stars, big programs and a title game on ABC, the women's Final Four is set up for big TV ratings. The men face a different story.

theathletic.com

Parity And Good Basketball Lead To Record Attendance For Women’s March Madness In First Two Rounds

For the second year in a row, the first and second rounds of women’s March Madness have set a NCAA attendance record, according to a tweet from the NCAA March Madness official account.

www.forbes.com

It really feels like women’s college basketball is at a tipping point in terms of popularity. Like Debbie Antonelli said, I wouldn’t be surprised if the Iowa-SC semifinal garnered the highest ratings of any game in the tournament in history

Seems unlikely given the games on a a Friday night. Women’s ratings are highest on weekend afternoons and Friday nights are a great night to get casual fans to tune in. Maybe if Iowa makes the National Championship game since so many are tuning in for the Caitlyn Clark show.

 

[JellyBean]

This is just awesome to see and hear. Just watching the growth of the women's game over the decades and the amount of coverage, thanks to technology, the women's games are getting, just warms my heart. Huge shout out to the fans that are in attendance, watching at home, or watching at the bars. Thank you for helping to grow our (WBB) game.

 

[bovwa10]

Seems unlikely given the games on a a Friday night. Women’s ratings are highest on weekend afternoons and Friday nights are a great night to get casual fans to tune in. Maybe if Iowa makes the National Championship game since so many are tuning in for the Caitlyn Clark show.

Massive gains, record highs, for Women's Final Four

Fueled by Iowa's Caitlin Clark, the Women's Final Four delivered record viewership and massive gains for ESPN Friday night.

www.sportsmediawatch.com

 

[Centerstream]

In past years, the only games/replays I watched were UConn WBB games. This season in addition to the UConn games, I watched a few VT games (I like our local kid, Liz Kitley) and I became really interested because we might meet up with VT in the tournament. But it didn't happen. Now back to the thread subject. I just had to watch 2 tournament replays this year, VT's win over OSU and Iowa's win over SoCar. A year ago I would not have any interest in a non UConn game replay.