Iowa v LSU viewership

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nobody cares.

Espn has been forcefeeding it down our throats.

The same can be said of the mens side. Mens college basketball might as well not exist outside of one weekend

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nobody cares.

Espn has been forcefeeding it down our throats.

The same can be said of the mens side. Mens college basketball might as well not exist outside of one weekend

Newsflash: the US pretty much only cares about football. Basketball, hockey, and baseball are niche sports. You're comparing who wins a distant 2nd place to the NFL, lol.
On a terrible weekend the NFL averages over 17M viewers per game. That's not even counting the playoffs or super bowl.

And yes, you're right, overall CBB might not as well exist at all except for march madness. People only watch excuse they love gambling.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nobody cares.

Espn has been forcefeeding it down our throats.

The same can be said of the mens side. Mens college basketball might as well not exist outside of one weekend

Newsflash: the US pretty much only cares about football. Basketball, hockey, and baseball are niche sports. You're comparing who wins a distant 2nd place to the NFL, lol.
On a terrible weekend the NFL averages over 17M viewers per game. That's not even counting the playoffs or super bowl.

And yes, you're right, overall CBB might not as well exist at all except for march madness. People only watch excuse they love gambling.

I guess networks should just go date during spring and summer, not point airing anything if you can't get NFL numbers

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nobody cares.

Espn has been forcefeeding it down our throats.

The same can be said of the mens side. Mens college basketball might as well not exist outside of one weekend

29,420,000 people attended NCAA men’s basketball games in 2023. That’s just the butts in seats. Millions more paid for conference cable packages to watch on TV.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nobody cares.

Espn has been forcefeeding it down our throats.

The same can be said of the mens side. Mens college basketball might as well not exist outside of one weekend

29,420,000 people attended NCAA men’s basketball games in 2023. That’s just the butts in seats. Millions more paid for conference cable packages to watch on TV.

Cite? Particularly for the number ex the number buying the packages for football

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.espn.com.au/womens-college-basketball/story/_/id/39862514/iowa-lsu-rematch-shatters-tv-ratings-record-123m-viewers

Iowa's 94-87 victory over LSU in the Elite Eight of the women's NCAA tournament Monday night averaged 12.3 million viewers on ESPN

Iowa-LSU outdrew all but one of the five games in last year's NBA Finals, along with the clinching game of last year's World Series (11.48 million).

It’s a novelty. Every few years there will be a great story like the Iowa player and casual fans will tune in. But it’s not sustainable. It never has been.

Nope. The sport is growing. The NCAA did a study with Women’s softball to see if viewership would increase if they increased marketing.

Now women’s softball earns more money than almost all men’s sports except for football and basketball.

And softball and baseball are boring.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nobody cares.

Espn has been forcefeeding it down our throats.

The same can be said of the mens side. Mens college basketball might as well not exist outside of one weekend

29,420,000 people attended NCAA men’s basketball games in 2023. That’s just the butts in seats. Millions more paid for conference cable packages to watch on TV.

Where did you get that number? Can you provide a link?

The women’s numbers aren’t out yet in 2020 they had 11 million people attending their games.

The numbers for 2021 don’t exist and I can’t find 2022 or 2023.

Those numbers would be helpful

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.espn.com.au/womens-college-basketball/story/_/id/39862514/iowa-lsu-rematch-shatters-tv-ratings-record-123m-viewers

Iowa's 94-87 victory over LSU in the Elite Eight of the women's NCAA tournament Monday night averaged 12.3 million viewers on ESPN

Iowa-LSU outdrew all but one of the five games in last year's NBA Finals, along with the clinching game of last year's World Series (11.48 million).

It’s a novelty. Every few years there will be a great story like the Iowa player and casual fans will tune in. But it’s not sustainable. It never has been.

Nope. The sport is growing. The NCAA did a study with Women’s softball to see if viewership would increase if they increased marketing.

Now women’s softball earns more money than almost all men’s sports except for football and basketball.

And softball and baseball are boring.

Every 10 years we go through this exercise. You tell us, “but this time it’s different!” But it always ends the same way. Zzzzz

[Anonymous]

Angel Reese crying after acting like a bully all year. Yes, racism and some of the stuff she dealt with is wrong but she also chose to lean into this persona and that is going to come with some blowback.

Would she have brought this up if they lost?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Angel Reese crying after acting like a bully all year. Yes, racism and some of the stuff she dealt with is wrong but she also chose to lean into this persona and that is going to come with some blowback.

Would she have brought this up if they lost?

She played the bully with the ring thing but couldn’t take it when it turned on her

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Angel Reese crying after acting like a bully all year. Yes, racism and some of the stuff she dealt with is wrong but she also chose to lean into this persona and that is going to come with some blowback.

Would she have brought this up if they lost?

Everything after the “but” is irrelevant BS. The girl was treated horribly. Racist slurs. Death threats. Nothing -NOTHING- about any of her actions warrants that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Angel Reese crying after acting like a bully all year. Yes, racism and some of the stuff she dealt with is wrong but she also chose to lean into this persona and that is going to come with some blowback.

Would she have brought this up if they lost?

Everything after the “but” is irrelevant BS. The girl was treated horribly. Racist slurs. Death threats. Nothing -NOTHING- about any of her actions warrants that.

It's not irrelevant at all. Nobody is justifying racist slurs, but she brought a lot of hate on herself with her behavior and actions, which were her choice. Both can be true.

[Anonymous]

This is a 20/21 college student we are talking about. Nothing about her behavior or actions justifies death treats.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Angel Reese crying after acting like a bully all year. Yes, racism and some of the stuff she dealt with is wrong but she also chose to lean into this persona and that is going to come with some blowback.

Would she have brought this up if they lost?

Everything after the “but” is irrelevant BS. The girl was treated horribly. Racist slurs. Death threats. Nothing -NOTHING- about any of her actions warrants that.

It's not irrelevant at all. Nobody is justifying racist slurs, but she brought a lot of hate on herself with her behavior and actions, which were her choice. Both can be true.

Just remember Caitlin is unstoppable (or whatever her ad's catch line is). Granted she's never won, but the black stars on the winning teams aren't marketable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is a 20/21 college student we are talking about. Nothing about her behavior or actions justifies death treats.

It's not justifiable, but it is imminently foreseeable. Nothing justifies death threats for anyone, but it is just the reality. Her behavior put a bigger target for hate on her back. A valuable lesson for a young person.