The wave of incoming rookies such as Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese and Kamilla Cardoso and the return of popular players A’ja Wilson and Kelsey Plum of the defending champion Las Vegas Aces have led to unprecedented demand for W...
Next year, it is highly unlikely that Caitlin Clark will be in the Final Four. People watched this year because of her and ONLY because of her. The media kept highlighting her 40-point games, triple doubles, and 3-pointers from well beyond NBA range. Without her, interest is minimal.
Unless Paige Bueckers and UCONN can make it, the TV ratings will plummet to less than 50% of this year. Even Bueckers won't have quite the same effect because she doesn't put up such high numbers despite being at least as good as Clark.
The men's tournament had so many upsets that nobody cared about the teams playing so nobody watched. No Duke, UNC, Kansas, or Kentucky. Seriously, what basketball fan wants to see San Diego State versus a weak UCONN team in the final? It would have had better viewership if Florida Atlantic would have made the final due to the Cinderella aspect.
If you want to see the real difference between interest, compare regular season games rather than the Final Four. Many people will sit and watch a championship game involving this "Clark" girl they keep hearing about' very few will sit down and watch a televised Iowa game in January.
Next year, it is highly unlikely that Caitlin Clark will be in the Final Four. People watched this year because of her and ONLY because of her. The media kept highlighting her 40-point games, triple doubles, and 3-pointers from well beyond NBA range. Without her, interest is minimal.
Unless Paige Bueckers and UCONN can make it, the TV ratings will plummet to less than 50% of this year. Even Bueckers won't have quite the same effect because she doesn't put up such high numbers despite being at least as good as Clark.
The men's tournament had so many upsets that nobody cared about the teams playing so nobody watched. No Duke, UNC, Kansas, or Kentucky. Seriously, what basketball fan wants to see San Diego State versus a weak UCONN team in the final? It would have had better viewership if Florida Atlantic would have made the final due to the Cinderella aspect.
If you want to see the real difference between interest, compare regular season games rather than the Final Four. Many people will sit and watch a championship game involving this "Clark" girl they keep hearing about' very few will sit down and watch a televised Iowa game in January.
This post aged really well.
Thanks for digging this up. Give that guy a job as an analyst on ESPN.
this entire thread is filled with asshats and misogynists saying obviously wrong things about womens basketball. certainly the first half of it. of course thats pretty much the whole site really. loud mouth dckheads hating on everything in sight and making absurd declarations that turn out to be wrong simply because they would rather say something that supports their bias than acknowledge facts. Im glad we have it here to rub it in their faces.
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😂 hates women so much that he cant even bring himself to type the letter W in WNBA...
also, just making up numbers doesnt counter facts. it just makes you look like the troll you are. the WNBA averages far more than 1500 a game. and even the NBA doesnt average 20,000 a game and this has been a good year for them (and the Sky and the Lynx did draw 20,000 in Toronto last year by the way).
all trends are pointing up these days unfortunately for your sake. viewership up 21% and attendance up 16%. and thats from 2023, before the Caitlin Clark effect even started in the League. youre gonna hate to see the numbers for this year Im afraid... 🤣 But keep being an angry miserable hater. its great to see that it bothers you so much...
😂 hates women so much that he cant even bring himself to type the letter W in WNBA...
also, just making up numbers doesnt counter facts. it just makes you look like the troll you are. the WNBA averages far more than 1500 a game. and even the NBA doesnt average 20,000 a game and this has been a good year for them (and the Sky and the Lynx did draw 20,000 in Toronto last year by the way).
all trends are pointing up these days unfortunately for your sake. viewership up 21% and attendance up 16%. and thats from 2023, before the Caitlin Clark effect even started in the League. youre gonna hate to see the numbers for this year Im afraid... 🤣 But keep being an angry miserable hater. its great to see that it bothers you so much...
The only reason why the orange twit is still in it is because hating is so popular!