
1. A lot was made a year ago at this time about the viewership numbers that Caitlin Clark was pulling in for Iowa basketball games. We had not seen a singular athlete cause such a massive ratings spike for a sport since Tiger Woods.
Thanks to Clark, last year’s women’s NCAA tournament outdrew the men, with the Iowa-South Carolina final pulling in 18.9 million viewers on the women’s side and Purdue-UConn landing 14.8 million viewers for the men’s championship.