This is absolutely insane. Monday night’s Elite Eight contest between Iowa and LSU brought in absolutely historic ratings. In fact, it was the most-watched women’s college game in the history of the sport. The numbers are staggering, with the matchup bringing in a whopping — this passed the 9.9 million mark that last season’s national championship experienced. That game also featured Iowa taking on LSU. But it’s not just women’s records that this game broke in terms of television ratings, it also happens to be the most watched college
basketball game ever on
ESPN in both men’s and women’s. Oh, but it gets crazier than that. Viewership peaked at an insane 16 million people, with the overall ratings beating every single men’s March Madness tournament except for one, every single
NBA Finals game except for one and literally every single World Series contest. Is this even real life? … Yeah, it is. This is women’s in 2024. BREAKING: The Iowa-LSU game averaged 12.3 million viewers on ESPN, making it the most-watched women’s college basketball game ever. What a MASSIVE, MASSIVE number. — Joe Pompliano (@JoePompliano) If you’re still hating on women’s basketball at this point, then you’re just a blatant hater … I mean, damn, how can you not be entertained by all the hype and drama? How can you not be intrigued at the fact that people like Ice Cube and David Portnoy are in a bidding war for Caitlin Clark? Hell, from where I’m sitting, women’s hoops is becoming big business.