Sunday’s NCAA women’s basketball championship was most-watched ever, ESPN says

Sunday’s NCAA championship, in which LSU won its first title over Caitlin Clark and Iowa, was the most watched women’s basketball game on record, ESPN announced Monday.

The game, which aired on ABC and ESPN2, drew 9.9 million viewers, ESPN said, citing initial Nielsen ratings, with a peak of 12.6 million. Viewership jumped 103% year over year, according to Disney’s
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ESPN, which added that the game was the most-watched college event ever on its streaming platform, ESPN+.