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Garden Of Earthly Delights: ESPN's Big East Men's Tourney Audience Up 11%
Published March 16, 2011
The Big East men's basketball tournament averaged 1.461 million viewers (1.0 U.S. rating) for 13 telecasts across ESPN and ESPN2 this year, up 10.8% from 1.318 million viewers last year (0.9 rating). The tournament final between UConn and Louisville on Saturday night averaged 3.291 million viewers on ESPN, marking the net's most-viewed college basketball telecast of the season. The figure also is up 14.6% from the West Virginia-Georgetown final last year (THE DAILY).
'11 BIG EAST TOURNAMENT | ||||
ROUND |
MATCHUP | NET |
RAT. |
VIEWERS (000) |
First |
UConn-DePaul | ESPN2 |
0.3 |
404 |
First |
Rutgers-Seton Hall | ESPN2 |
0.5 |
608 |
Second |
UConn-Georgetown | ESPN |
0.6 |
759 |
Second |
St. John's-Rutgers | ESPN |
0.7 |
1,017 |
Second |
Cincinnati-South Florida | ESPN |
0.9 |
1,402 |
Second |
Marquette-West Virginia | ESPN |
1.1 |
1,581 |
QFs |
UConn-Pittsburgh | ESPN |
0.8 |
1,047 |
QFs |
Syracuse-St. John's | ESPN |
1.2 |
1,564 |
QFs |
Notre Dame-Cincinnati | ESPN |
0.8 |
1,219 |
QFs |
Louisville-Marquette | ESPN |
0.9 |
1,360 |
Semis |
UConn-Syracuse | ESPN |
1.4 |
2,304 |
Semis |
Louisville-Notre Dame | ESPN |
1.3 |
2,238 |
Final |
UConn-Louisville | ESPN |
2.0 |
3,291 |
'10 BIG EAST TOURNAMENT | ||||
ROUND |
MATCHUP | NET |
RAT. |
VIEWERS (000) |
First |
South Florida-DePaul | ESPN2 |
0.2 |
296 |
First |
St. John's-UConn | ESPN2 |
0.5 |
632 |
Second |
Georgetown-South Florida | ESPN |
0.4 |
616 |
Second |
Marquette-St. John's | ESPN |
0.6 |
896 |
Second |
Notre Dame-Seton Hall | ESPN |
0.9 |
1,278 |
Second |
Cincinnati-Louisville | ESPN |
1.2 |
1,850 |
QFs |
Georgetown-Syracuse | ESPN |
0.9 |
1,152 |
QFs |
Marquette-Villanova | ESPN |
0.8 |
947 |
QFs |
Notre Dame-Pittsburgh | ESPN |
1.0 |
1,392 |
QFs |
West Virginia-Cincinnati | ESPN |
1.1 |
1,510 |
Semis |
Georgetown-Marquette | ESPN |
0.9 |
1,386 |
Semis |
West Virginia-Notre Dame | ESPN |
1.3 |
1,959 |
Final |
West Virginia-Georgetown | ESPN |
2.0 |
2,872 |
NOTE: Figures for two opening-round games on ESPNU not available.
