Caitlin Clark, Iowa vs. LSU Score Big TV Audience Numbers

Caitlin Clark, Iowa vs. LSU Score Big TV Audience Numbers
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Caitlin Clark and Iowa Hawkeyes women’s basketball scored a big Elite 8 win vs. LSU on Monday, and pulled in huge TV ratings as well. iSpot data shows over 10.61 million P2+ viewers in-home, plus another 3.77 viewers out-of-home on ESPN.

  • For reference, last year's national championship game between Iowa and LSU had an average-minute audience of 11.41 million P2+ viewers in-home.
  • Meanwhile, last year's Elite 8 game between Iowa and Louisville (also featuring Clark) had an average-minute audience of 2.82 million viewers in-home on ESPN, per iSpot.
  • On top of the impressive average figure for the game, tune-in actually increased significantly as the game went on, from over 5 million P2+ viewers in the immediate pre-game to well over 12.5 million near game's end.