"Sunday’s women’s championship game between South Carolina and Iowa brought in 18.87 million viewers on ABC and ESPN, a record for women’s basketball in the United States and the most watched hoops contest of any kind in five years. The women’s final boasted a 90 percent increase over the 9.92 million who tuned in for the 2023 game. The women’s Final Four games averaged 7.17 million and 14.42 million viewers, with the latter game (Iowa vs. Connecticut) setting an all-time record for women’s hoops, until it was broken two days later with the final game."
The college womens final four and championship game got more viewers than last years nba finals. Yet yall act like me saying the women have a SHOT at overtaking the NBA in popularity is blasphemous
And you cant just talk about ratings,we gotta talk visibility. Which NBA player not named Lebron and Steph have been more visible than "The Bayou Barbie" off the court
. ? Dont worry ill wait.
Yall and probably the people marketing the WNBA dont truly understand the potential here.
And just think,womens basketball getting these types of ratings with people viewing womens basketball the way that they do. Yall mock it as a joke,and women dont give a damn about it. Whats going to happen now that likeable teams,likeable stars,fueds being created start to garner attention?