Does anyone actually watch womens basketball?

So will Mulkey stop talking to HVL? That's what she does to players who transfer out of her program, according to the "hit piece" by WaPo.

18.7 million viewers. Trolls crawl under their rocks, devastated.

The woman's NCAA had a once in a lifetime superstar and the first attractive star period. Let's see if it is a one off season or if it falls back down. I also want to see if the WNBA ticket sales are in line with the NBA and also want to see the respective TV deals. If they aren't withing 5% of each other the WNBA is just not a serious league

wow thats the most aggressive goal post moving ive ever seen. go back to the beginning of this thread. it was started based on the widely held letsrun misogynist notion that "nobody watches womens basketball". this has been proven about as wrong as can be imagined in the 26 pages since then up to and including last nights game. and youre only reaction is to drop a new list of conditions or it doesnt count? gtfooh.

WNBA ticket sales are already doing well

Exactly.

Well, here we are, 18.7 million viewers for the college women's final, more than any basketball game in five years, and they did it with a star who was not sexy or attractive at all and who did not get in any scandals, not an instagram model, no dunks, just a really good basketball player. Great to see.

18.7m

Does anyone watch women’s basketball?

Neither national semifinal averaged as large an audience as Iowa-UConn in the Women’s Final Four the previous night, marking the first time ever that any game of the Women’s Final Four has averaged more viewers than either of the men’s games.

sportsmediawatch.com

Men's Final Four viewership up slightly; both games trail Iowa-UConn women

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The NCAA men's Final Four was a mixed bag in the ratings, and neither game could match Iowa-UConn in the women's edition.

Link:www.sportsmediawatch.com/2024/04/mens-...

And men’s final 14.8m

What a self-own so much of this thread was.

LRC Trolls will simply use a different unregistered user name and recycle the same material because the brojos believe anonymity is key to honest and open discussion.

Seriously.

It's a mistake to presume that it is possible to shame a troll.

And ESPN paid only $34M/yr for the women's tournament, while CBS/Turner paid $1B/yr for the men's tournament.

That’s a criminal act on the ESPN’s part. The ladies should file a lawsuit against ESPN and demand 966M back pay. The Supreme Court is likely on their side.

Looking at a small sample size like one tournament is meaningless. It needs to be sustainably popular beyond one superstar moving on.

Caitlyn Clark was a huge draw for the women's NCAA but the men's NCAA have had generations of huge draws and when they go on to the pros you don't see huge dips in viewership. This isn't moving the goal posts, it's making sure the same measuring stick is used for both men and women without grading on a curve.

What is the 5 year and 10 year average? Again, looking only at a single year is disingenuous. They had a once-in-a-lifetime star and a compelling storyline but what will happen when that once in a lifetime star isn't there?

Other stars will emerge. Until the late 70s, men's basketball was not profitable.

I believe women's basketball has turned the corner. Young girls are growing up watching and admiring women basketball players. This will continue and they will go to games with their parents.

Maya Moore and Diana Taurasi grew up admiring male players but Caitlin grew up admiring Maya. And now young girls are growing up admiring Caitlin, JuJu, and others.