Caitlin Clark and Iowa's women's basketball team have been setting viewership records, with their Final Four win over UConn attracting 14.2 million viewers. The upcoming Iowa-South Carolina Final is expected to break more records, surpassing NBA Finals viewership. The WBB National Championship game had a record-breaking 18.7 million viewers, making it the most-watched basketball game since 2019, across college and professional basketball.
Every single one of Caitlin Clark’s last three college games broke the record for the most-watched women's CBB game ever: • 12.3 million, Iowa-LSU • 14.2 million, Iowa-UConn • 18.7 million, Iowa-South Carolina https://t.co/Gp4svIZ7NJ
NEW: @GamecockWBB win over @IowaWBB draws record 18.7 million viewers in fast nationals, most watched basketball game since 2019. STORY: https://t.co/BTTQO0f0bQ
Per @ESPNPR, a record-breaking 18.7M viewers watched this year's WBB National Championship, It peaked at 24 million ➡️It is the most-watched basketball game (men's or women's, college or pro) since 2019 ➡️Outside NFL or the Olympics, it was also the most-watched sporting… https://t.co/WuVyxzG8Az
A massive WBB viewership record was set a year ago, with Iowa-LSU drawing 9.9M viewers. Then it was broken by the Iowa-LSU rematch in the Elite Eight, broken again by Iowa-UConn in the Final Four, and broken again by Iowa-South Carolina in the title game. 👏🏼 https://t.co/jJTHe03rMZ
My prediction is that the Iowa-South Carolina game will average over 20 million viewers and comfortably beat the men's national championship game. That would be a third straight women's CBB viewership record (in 6 days) and beat every NBA Finals game over the last 7 years. Here… https://t.co/TH6jgENvkS
That’s right. The Women’s College Semifinal of Caitlin Clark and Iowa vs Paige Beuckers and UConn had more viewers than the NBA Finals. This Iowa-South Carolina Final is about to break records 👀 https://t.co/iorOcCztxR
Iowa's close win over UConn in women's Final Four draws record ratings https://t.co/4l7bZzNSvg
Record-Breaking 14.2 Million Viewers Watch Caitlin Clark and Iowa’s Final Four Basketball Win: https://t.co/mDW6J169Mo