Caitlin Clark fell to Iowa in the championship game and didn’t get the fairy tale endingbut he helped to exalt college and women’s basketball, since the game between his team and South Carolina reached levels that had not been seen in 5 years in any basketball game.
The duel that South Carolina won 87-75 fIt is the most viewed since 2019, including collegiate, professional, women’s and men’s games, since it reached 18.7 million viewers on average, achieving at its highest point to be seen by 24.7 million.
This means a gigantic increase of 89% compared to the same game in 2023 and 285% compared to 2022, according to ESPN data, which speaks of great growth in college basketball.
As for women’s games, just a few days ago the national semifinal in which Iowa beat UConn 71-69 set a record of 14.2 million viewers, a mark that lasted less than 72 hours.
In fact, the entire championship provoked excessive interest, largely due to the participation of Clark, who became a phenomenon thanks to the audience that, from the second round, with 4.9 million viewers placed the game in the top 3 audience over the last 20 years.
As a reference to the impact of this record, we can mention that 18.7 million viewers surpass…
– Last year’s men’s national championship game.
– Every World Series game since Game 7 of the 2019 World Series.
– Every NBA Finals game since Game 5 of 2017
– All Daytona 500 since 2008
– Every Masters final round audience since 2001
– All but four college football games in 2023
Caitlin Clark reacts to the record
The star of the game could not help but mention the great achievement that he caused together with his team and his rival, since a few minutes ago he highlighted the figure on his social media account.
“18.7 million”, he wrote next to a fire emoji.
Clark will now move to the WNBA and his departure will surely make the audience of the NCAA next year, but everything is for your professional growth.
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