Men's NCAA basketball Final Four appearances 2023 | Statista (2024)

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How many people watched the men's NCAA championship in 2023? ›

It was a slight increase compared to the 2023 men's title game between the Huskies and San Diego State, which was was 14.7 million.

The 2024 Men's March Madness championship game was contested between the Connecticut Huskies and the Purdue Boilermakers. The Huskies emerged victorious with a 75-60 victory in a match that was watched by an average of over 14.8 million viewers in the United States.

UConn's 75-60 victory over Purdue in Monday night's men's final on TBS and TNT averaged 14.82 million viewers, according to Nielsen.

Confirmed: UConn's defeat of Purdue in Monday's men's March Madness final averaged 14.82 million US viewers on TBS and TNT, according to Nielsen.

The final game, between South Carolina's Gameco*cks and the University of Iowa's Hawkeyes, averaged about 18.7 million viewers and peaked at a whopping 24 million combined on ESPN and ABC, making it the first time in history that a women's final has drawn a larger TV audience than the men's, according to ESPN.

Although the women's championship game drew a larger audience, men's championship viewership increased slightly compared with last year, as an average of 14.82 million viewers tuned in on TBS and TNT to watch defending champions UConn defeat Purdue, 75-60, in another battle of No. 1 seeds.

2024 NCAA Women's Championship Delivers 18.7 Million Viewers on ABC & ESPN, Peaks at 24 Million – Based on Nielsen Fast Nationals.

The women's Final Four games averaged 7.17 million and 14.42 million viewers, with the latter game (Iowa vs.

Iowa's Final Four victory over UConn was previously the most-watched hoops game, men's or women's, in ESPN history at 14.2 million viewers.

There have been 80 NCAA tournaments since 1939, and there are five schools that have been to more than half of them. Kentucky has the most NCAA tournament appearances with 57, followed by North Carolina with 49.

How many people watch the women's finals? ›

Viewership peaked at 24.1 million viewers during the final minutes of the game (between 5:00 – 5:14 PM ET). The women's championship game audience stands as the largest in women's college basketball history, and is the most-watched basketball game — at any level — since 2019.

In college basketball, a significant shift in popularity has emerged. Viewership for this year's NCAA basketball championship tournaments paints a clear picture of this evolving trend as the audience for the women's final game surpassed the men's final for the first time.

NBA viewership steady in 2023-24 season, with games averaging 1.6 million viewers.

The top game in this year's men's March Madness was the March 31 Elite Eight matchup between North Carolina State and Duke, which had 15.14 million viewers. The Final Four games drew 11.45 million and 14.18 million viewers.

Saturday night, 12.8 million people watched Purdue beat NC State and UConn take down Alabama to get to the title game.