Ratings: Pac-12, NBA, college hoops, NHL (2024)

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Who has better ratings, NBA or NHL? ›

The NBA is averaging 4-5 times the average viewership and peak viewership of the NHL. So far, do you think getting on ESPN has been a success? It's been a massive success. The NBA is just significantly more popular.

After some 108 years of college athletics, the league is going out of business and the family is splitting up. Following the basketball season, the Pac-12 will play its last spring sports season and close up shop.

The NFL commands the highest interest in the US, but it is the NBA that wins the global appeal contest. Additionally, NHL has a commanding presence in certain icy-weather countries and the MLB has diverse pockets of interest.

Arguably the main reason the conference fell apart—why 10 of its 12 schools fled, even at a reduced share of revenue—was because it couldn't agree on a new media rights deal. With its current deal set to expire in 2024, the league was the only one in the Power Five without a long-term contract.

After the Big Ten and SEC's new media rights deals, things did not go as smoothly for the Pac-12. Despite the formation of an alliance between the Big Ten, Pac-12, and ACC after Oklahoma and Texas defected to the SEC, USC and UCLA left the Pac-12 for the Big Ten.

Oregon State and Washington State are the only schools that will remain in the Pac-12 starting with the 2024-25 academic year. Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado and Utah are set to join the Big 12.

UCLA: Which College Is Better? Each student should decide which school is better in terms of meeting their academic interests and personal needs. Both schools match up in many ways. They are both highly ranked — USC is 25th and UCLA is 20th in the U.S. News & World Report national rankings, respectively.

How good is UConn basketball? ›

"This year's UConn team is the best team I have ever coached against. Their offensive efficiency [No. 1 in the country] separates them from other elite teams. They are terrific in transition but equally good in the halfcourt when the game slows down.

University of Southern California's ranking in the 2024 edition of Best Colleges is National Universities, #28. Its tuition and fees are $68,237.

Along with the Pac-12's inevitable dissolution, other affiliation changes also impact the bowls. Next year, Oklahoma and Texas join the SEC, while SMU moves to the ACC with California and Stanford. “You even look at our situation here this year,” Fox said. “You get OU from the Big 12 and Arizona from the Pac-12.

An October 2023 survey in Canada revealed that hockey was the most popular sport in the country in terms of interest. Soccer and basketball followed in the ranking in second and third place, respectively.

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The 2022 World Series was also the first since 2019 to have averaged fewer viewers than the National Basketball Association (NBA) Finals, which had an average of 12.4 million viewers.

North America's preeminent ice hockey league ranks eighth in the list of most popular competitions, with the college football and basketball regular seasons, as well as the college football playoffs and National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) March Madness tournament, ranking above it in terms of popularity.

NBA makes like $5B more than the NHL.