Virginia-Texas Tech garnered 19.6M views, the third lowest rating for a #NationalChampionship in the last decade.
Y’all didn’t watch, huh?
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No, no one here on the Rivals college basketball board watched the NCAA National Championship game.
Some people missed a helluva game.
Michigan vs Villanova last year is one of the two.
So ratings are up year over year. kentucky fans were wrong again
Villanova vs UNC is the second. 3rd was mentioned. UNC vs Michigan St was 4th.
Villanova and UNC don't seem very popular.
Villanova and UNC don't seem very popular.
On a side note, Duke has been in 4 championship games in the last 20 years. Those 4 games are the highest rated during that span.
Two best title games I've seen in awhile are two of the three least viewed.
There definitely aren't as many people who hate us enough to watch us lose. I feel we need to step up our super douchey and dirty gameplay.
Try creating an academic scandal that is exposed to the public that you cheated for 23 years.
Let us know how that works out.
People continously underestimate the number of viewers who watch Duke games in hopes that they will see them lose. That's why the games following Duke's exit have lower ratings. All they wanted to see was Duke lose.
On another side note, most of those viewers were likely rooting for the other team.
As much as I want to hold on to the title of most hated team, I think Duke has managed to take it away. ESPN set out a campaign to make them the most hated team and I think they succeeded.On another side note, most of those viewers were likely rooting for the other team.
I really hate giving up that title, but we'll still be hated for being #1 all time on the court. Generational hatred.
People watch and root against Duke more than any other team. There, I said it.
The game needs to start earlier. Lots of people I know didn’t watch it because they thought it wasn’t worth waiting until 12 a.m to see the winner of a low scoring game. If it was earlier people that don’t pay much attention to college basketball would most likely watch it.
And you question why Nike would push players to you guys and not others. It’s just good business for them.
I watched. People thinking it was going to be UConn vs Butler again scared some off. Time slot probably didn't help get viewers from the East Coast.
Been that way since the 90’s probably. North Carolina was up there for awhile back when every bar in the country had a diehard Carolina fan who grew up watching Jordan. But Duke has always been the main one that fans of the sport hate the most.
I honestly could not care less about how many people watch it. Those who didn't watch missed a great game. Either us or Texas Tech could have won it. Congrats to TT nation on a tremendous season.
I'd like to know how they even determine that. Does it count if you are flipping through channels and land on it for 2 seconds?
Participants of sample audiences used to be the measurement, not sure how they do it now with cable, Sat, hulu, youtubetv, etc .
Ehhhh losing by 1 in the elite 8 to the team that should have had UNC's 1 seed isn't as bad as getting blown out as a 1 seed in the sweet 16.
Duke was shoved so far down our throats this season and were big favorites to cut down the nets. Laid an egg. Sure, it sucked for my Heels as they had as good a shot as anyone, but this thread isn’t about them, or me.
I watched and every single second of it was excruciating. Every single time I felt we were pulling away, Texas Tech made a run. They were hitting some tough shots and some of the bounces on the rim that went in made me vomit. I was really impressed by them. I think their shot selecting in OT is what got us the win. When I knew we had it won, all of the nerves and pain I felt this past year just melted away.
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