Iowa’s 71-69 get towards UConn in Friday’s NCAA Last 4 video game drew 14.2 million viewers, the most in women’s faculty basketball history, in accordance to ESPN.
The matchup made the maximum audience for a basketball match — faculty or experienced — and the 2nd-most effective non-football telecast ever on the community.
Friday’s determine is greater than every Earth Sequence and NBA Finals sport past year. ESPN stated the recreation peaked at 17 million viewers.
Iowa vs. UConn bested a viewership document set just times prior when the Hawkeyes defeated LSU in the Elite 8 on Monday with 12.3 million viewers.
Caitlin Clark, the all-time main scorer in NCAA history, once again had a large match to direct the Hawkeyes about the Huskies. She dropped 21 points — underneath her normal 31.7 points per sport normal — but was complemented by sophomore forward Hannah Stuelke’s game-higher 23 points.
South Carolina’s dominant 78-59 acquire against NC Condition in the past Last 4 game peaked at 9 million viewers. ESPN claimed the 2024 Last Four’s 10.8 million ordinary viewership is up 138% calendar year-about-yr.
South Carolina has not dropped a game this period.
“South Carolina has been the top of the top,” Clark said soon after Friday’s gain. “They’re in a diverse league. We’re heading to do almost everything we can to consider to be right there with them.”
The Hawkeyes and Gamecocks will fulfill for the countrywide championship Sunday at 3 p.m. ET.
