Iowa-LSU Rematch Sets Women’s Hoops TV Ratings Record

Iowa-LSU Rematch Sets Women’s Hoops TV Ratings Record
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Last year’s NCAA women’s basketball championship set an all-time ratings record for a women’s game on ESPN. A rematch of that game — albeit two rounds earlier in the tournament — on Monday night drew an even bigger crowd.

Iowa’s 94-87 victory over LSU averaged 12.3 million viewers for ESPN, the largest TV audience ever for a women’s basketball game in the United States. The previous record was set more than 40 years ago, when CBS’ broadcast of the 1983 title game — featuring USC legend Cheryl Miller — drew 11.83 million people.

LSU’s 102-85 victory in last year’s title game was the previous ESPN record, drawing 9.9 million viewers.

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