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UConn-Iowa Final Four Game Delivers Record Women’s College Basketball Ratings for ESPN


Caitlin Clark's star power helped Friday's Iowa-UConn NCAA Final Four game deliver a record audience of 14.2 million viewers for ESPN.

Caitlin Clark and Co. delivered big-time for ESPN on Friday with a record audience tuning in to the Final Four game that sent the University of Iowa to Sunday’s national championship. Clark’s record-smashing run during the past year helped draw attention to the overwhelming number of stars competing in this year’s tournament, from LSU’s Angel Reese to UConn’s Paige Bueckers to USC’s star freshman JuJu Watkins to the University of South Carolina’s Kamilla Cardoso. Clark, who last month became the highest-scoring basketball player male or female in NCAA history, Reese and Cardoso have declared their intention to contend in the WNBA draft for 2025.

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