LSU and Iowa won’t have been enjoying in a chief time slot, however that did not deter viewers from watching the title recreation.
ESPN introduced the 2023 NCAA Division I Ladies’s Basketball nationwide championship averaged 9.9 million viewers, changing into the most-watched ladies’s basketball recreation on report. It additionally reported that viewership was a rise of 103 % year-over-year and that the sport peaked at 12.6 million viewers.
And the sport was additionally the most-watched faculty sporting occasion on ESPN Plus.
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π Most-viewed #NCAAWBB recreation on report
π Up 103% YOY
π Peaked at 12.6M
π Most-viewed faculty occasion ever on @ESPNPlus pic.twitter.com/UZLVNuP3Sf
β ESPN PR (@ESPNPR) April 3, 2023
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LSU’s title-winning efficiency wasn’t simply the most-watched ladies’s basketball recreation on report. It was additionally among the many most-watched sporting occasions over the previous 12 months.
Sports activities Media Watch reported extra individuals watched Sunday’s nationwide championship than all 2022 NBA Playoff video games apart from the NBA Finals, and it tied for a similar common with Sport 7 of the Japanese Convention Finals. It additionally famous the sport was seen by extra individuals than all however the World Collection from final 12 months’s MLB postseason. LSU-Iowa was additionally seen by extra individuals than each NHL recreation over the previous 50 years and NASCAR race since 2017, together with postseason video games and races.
Final 12 months, simply 11 faculty soccer video games had extra views than the nationwide championship, together with the School Soccer Playoff contests. The Rose Bowl, considered one of faculty soccer’s most prestigious bowl video games, averaged 10.19 million viewers.
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The viewership for the sport is all of the extra spectacular contemplating the sport began at 3:30 p.m. ET. The New York Submit’s media columnist Andrew Marchand speculated subsequent 12 months, the sport is more likely to be given a greater begin time.