{"id":2212492,"date":"2024-04-03T17:56:22","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T21:56:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iowa-and-lsu-elite-eight-showdown-sets-new-ratings-record\/"},"modified":"2024-04-03T17:56:45","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T21:56:45","slug":"iowa-and-lsu-elite-eight-showdown-sets-new-ratings-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iowa-and-lsu-elite-eight-showdown-sets-new-ratings-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Iowa vs. LSU Elite Eight Matchup Breaks Ratings Record"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fiowa-and-lsu-elite-eight-showdown-sets-new-ratings-record%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2212492&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Iowa vs.\u2064 LSU Elite \u2063Eight matchup in women&#8217;s\u2064 basketball set a \u200dnew ratings record with over 12 million\u200c viewers, surpassing the \u200cprevious record set in 2023. The game, a\u200d rematch between the two schools, became the most-watched show\u2062 in primetime and outperformed even popular broadcast programs like &#8220;NCIS.&#8221; Iowa&#8217;s victory drew significant viewership, marking a milestone in women&#8217;s basketball broadcasting.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/former-nba-star-paul-pierce-was-only-impressed-by-caitlin-clark-after-she-beat-a-bunch-of-black-girls\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Iowa<\/a> and LSU Elite Eight viewer ratings set a new record for women\u2019s basketball on Monday following the NCAA March Madness showdown in Albany, New York.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Hawkeyes\u2019 94-87 surprise victory over the Tigers scored more than 12 million viewers for ESPN, drawing an even bigger crowd than the Final championship for the NCAA Women\u2019s Basketball game last year between Iowa and LSU, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-news\/iowa-lsu-rematch-womens-basketball-tv-ratings-record-1235865159\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hollywood Reporter<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  reported.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In 2023, LSU\u2019s 102-85 victory over the Hawkeyes set what was then an <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">all-time ratings record on the sports network for women\u2019s basketball, earning 9.9 million viewers across ABC and ESPN2.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">However, the game on Monday \u2014 which was a rematch between the two schools \u2014 drew 12.3 million viewers on average and ended up being the most-watched show in primetime. It also beat out the biggest ratings for a program on broadcast networks, which was CBS\u2019 \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">NCIS<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201c<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  with 5.9 million viewers, the outlet noted.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">TV Ratings: Iowa-LSU NCAA Rematch Sets All-Time Record for Women\u2019s Basketball <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Hr6IQi4yDK\">https:\/\/t.co\/Hr6IQi4yDK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/THR\/status\/1775281120596398391?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 2, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The last time a women\u2019s basketball game got close to those numbers was more than 40 years ago in 1983 at the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/trojanswire.usatoday.com\/lists\/usc-womens-basketballs-run-to-the-1983-national-championship\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">NCAA title game<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  broadcast of USC\u2019s 69-67 victory over Louisiana Tech. That game drew an audience of 11.83 million people, THR noted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The NCAA women\u2019s basketball showdown also was the second most-watched game of men\u2019s and women\u2019s tournament basketball this year, beaten out only by Sunday\u2019s <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">North Carolina State upset of Duke in the men\u2019s division, which drew 15.14 million viewers on CBS.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The three other NCAA women\u2019s Elite Eight games scored huge numbers, with the round scoring four of the five biggest women\u2019s Elite Eight games ever, the outlet noted. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">South Carolina and Oregon State\u2019s game averaged 3.1 million viewers on ABC on Sunday, while the North Carolina State and Texas matchup brought in 2.5 million. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On Monday, Connecticut\u2019s 80-73 victory against USC, also topped all broadcast shows with about 6.7 million viewers. The average audience of the Elite Eight round was 6.2 million. The ratings for the women\u2019s games in that round are up 184 percent over last year\u2019s, the outlet noted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Hawkeyes will now travel to Cleveland, Ohio, to play the Connecticut Huskies on Friday in the Final Four round of the NCAA women\u2019s basketball tournament.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/lsu-womens-basketball-team-loses-in-elite-8-after-skipping-national-anthem-while-iowa-team-held-hands-on-court\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LSU Women\u2019s Basketball Team Loses In Elite 8 After Skipping National Anthem While Iowa Team Held Hands On Court<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Albany, New York, the Iowa vs. LSU Elite Eight game in women&#8217;s basketball broke records with over 12 million viewers on ESPN. 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