The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/former-nba-star-paul-pierce-was-only-impressed-by-caitlin-clark-after-she-beat-a-bunch-of-black-girls" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Iowa</a> and LSU Elite Eight viewer ratings set a new record for women&#8217;s basketball on Monday following the NCAA March Madness showdown in Albany, New York.
The Hawkeyes&#8217; 94-87 surprise victory over the Tigers scored more than 12 million viewers for ESPN, drawing an even bigger crowd than the Final championship for the NCAA Women&#8217;s Basketball game last year between Iowa and LSU, the <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/iowa-lsu-rematch-womens-basketball-tv-ratings-record-1235865159/">Hollywood Reporter</a> reported.
In 2023, LSU&#8217;s 102-85 victory over the Hawkeyes set what was then an all-time ratings record on the sports network for women&#8217;s basketball, earning 9.9 million viewers across ABC and ESPN2.
However, the game on Monday — which was a rematch between the two schools — drew 12.3 million viewers on average and ended up being the most-watched show in primetime. It also beat out the biggest ratings for a program on broadcast networks, which was CBS&#8217; &#8220;NCIS&#8220; with 5.9 million viewers, the outlet noted.
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The last time a women&#8217;s basketball game got close to those numbers was more than 40 years ago in 1983 at the <a href="https://trojanswire.usatoday.com/lists/usc-womens-basketballs-run-to-the-1983-national-championship/">NCAA title game</a> broadcast of USC&#8217;s 69-67 victory over Louisiana Tech. That game drew an audience of 11.83 million people, THR noted.
The NCAA women&#8217;s basketball showdown also was the second most-watched game of men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s tournament basketball this year, beaten out only by Sunday&#8217;s North Carolina State upset of Duke in the men&#8217;s division, which drew 15.14 million viewers on CBS.
The three other NCAA women&#8217;s Elite Eight games scored huge numbers, with the round scoring four of the five biggest women&#8217;s Elite Eight games ever, the outlet noted. South Carolina and Oregon State&#8217;s game averaged 3.1 million viewers on ABC on Sunday, while the North Carolina State and Texas matchup brought in 2.5 million. 
On Monday, Connecticut&#8217;s 80-73 victory against USC, also topped all broadcast shows with about 6.7 million viewers. The average audience of the Elite Eight round was 6.2 million. The ratings for the women&#8217;s games in that round are up 184 percent over last year&#8217;s, the outlet noted.
The Hawkeyes will now travel to Cleveland, Ohio, to play the Connecticut Huskies on Friday in the Final Four round of the NCAA women&#8217;s basketball tournament.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/lsu-womens-basketball-team-loses-in-elite-8-after-skipping-national-anthem-while-iowa-team-held-hands-on-court" target="_blank" rel="noopener">LSU Women&#8217;s Basketball Team Loses In Elite 8 After Skipping National Anthem While Iowa Team Held Hands On Court</a>

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