Iowa's win over UConn Friday night in the semifinals of the women's Final Four drew a record average of 14.2 million viewers for the matchup.
at the women's Final Four on Friday night averaged 14.2 million viewers on ESPN, making it the most-viewed women's basketball game on record and the largest audience for an ESPN basketball broadcast.in the Elite Eight. Game 7 of the 2018 Eastern Conference finals between Cleveland and Boston was ESPN's most-watched basketball game at 13.51 million.
That also makes it one of the most-viewed games in any sport other than college football and the NFL over the past couple years. Last year's NCAA men's title game betweenThe Hawkeyes game, which saw the audience peak at 17 million, will likely go down as one of the top 50 primetime telecasts of 2024. It would have finished 32nd on last year's list.
It is also ESPN's second-highest audience for a non-football broadcast. The United States-Portugal match during group play in the 2014 men's World Cup averaged 18.22 million. The last NBA game to draw at least 14 million was Golden State's title-clinching victory over Boston in Game 6 of the 2022 NBA Finals .
Clark's five March Madness games on ESPN and ABC have averaged 8.3 million. Iowa will face South Carolina for the national championship Sunday afternoon on ABC.The previous record for the most-viewed semifinal was Stanford vs. Virginia on CBS in 1992 .
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