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 |
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NOTE: Figures for two opening-round games on ESPNU not available.
