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Overnight Ratings: CBS' Ohio State-Michigan Leads Weekend College Basketball

Outside of the Daytona 500 on Fox, golf took the top spot among sports telecasts on TV this weekend. CBS drew a 3.0 for the final round of the Northern Trust Open yesterday, which saw James Hahn get his first PGA Tour win in a playoff against Dustin Johnson and Paul Casey. That figure is up from a 1.9 overnight last year, when the tourney aired up against the Sochi Olympics. CBS drew a 2.6 overnight in ’13 for John Merrick’s playoff win over Charlie Beljan and a 4.1 overnight in ’12 for Bill Haas’ playoff win over Keegan Bradley and Phil Mickelson.

NOTES: CBS’ Ohio State-Michigan topped all college hoops games over the weekend with a 1.5 overnight yesterday afternoon. ESPN’s top game was Auburn-Kentucky on Saturday night with a 1.3 rating....NBCSN drew a 0.4 overnight for the Kings-Sharks outdoor game at Levi’s Stadium on Saturday night. ESPN2 in the same window drew the same rating for Gonzaga-St. Mary’s men’s hoops.

The chart below lists overnight ratings from weekend sports telecasts on broadcast TV.

TELECAST
DATE
NET
TIME (ET)
RATING
"The Grantland Oscar Preview"
2/21
ABC
1:00-2:00pm
0.8
"30 for 30": "Of Miracles And Men"
2/21
ABC
2:00-4:00pm
0.7
College basketball: Florida-LSU
2/21
CBS
1:00-3:00pm
0.8
PGA Tour: Northern Trust Open: Third Round
2/21
CBS
3:00-6:00pm
1.6
College basketball: Seton Hall-St. John's
2/21
Fox
12:00-2:15pm
0.4
College basketball: Villanova-Marquette
2/21
Fox
2:30-5:00pm
0.5
EPL: Manchester City-Newcastle
2/21
NBC
12:30-2:30pm
0.6
"NCAA Men of March: Sean Miller"
2/22
CBS
12:00-12:30pm
1.0
"NCAA Men of March: Thad Matta"
2/22
CBS
12:30-1:00pm
0.7
College basketball: Ohio State-Michigan
2/22
CBS
1:00-3:15pm
1.5
PGA Tour: Northern Trust Open: Final Round
2/22
CBS
3:15-7:30pm
3.0
"Fox NASCAR Sunday"
2/22
Fox
12:00-1:30pm
3.9
NASCAR Sprint Cup: Daytona 500
2/22
Fox
1:30-5:00pm
7.3
"Hockey Day in America"
2/22
NBC
12:00-12:30pm
0.8
NHL: Capitals-Flyers
2/22
NBC
12:30-3:15pm
0.8
NHL: Bruins-Blackhawks
2/22
NBC
3:30-6:15pm
1.3

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