NEW YORK — The NCAA event is off to its greatest begin since CBS and TNT started exhibiting all the video games in 2011.
The event averaged 9.8 million for the primary three days (the First 4 on Tuesday and Wednesday together with Thursday’s first spherical) in response to Nielsen, a 5% improve from final yr.
Thursday’s opening-round video games throughout CBS, TBS, TNT and truTV averaged 9.8 million viewers, in response to Nielsen, a 6% improve over final yr.
The prime-time video games — which included VCU‘s 82-78 win over North Carolina — averaged 12.5 million, making it probably the most watched first-round window in NCAA event historical past.
Tuesday’s and Wednesday’s First 4 video games totaled 7.5 million on truTV. Miami (Ohio)‘s 89-79 victory over SMU on Wednesday averaged 2.8 million, making it probably the most watched First 4 sport that has taken place in Dayton, Ohio. The 2021 First 4 passed off all through Indiana due to COVID-19, and the video games have been all on a Thursday.
