Iowa vs. LSU Game Smashes Women’s College Basketball Game Viewership Record
While Monday night’s game between the Iowa Hawkeyes and the LSU Tigers was incredible on the court, the matchup also produced outstanding numbers off the court.
Iowa’s 94-87 win over LSU in the Elite Eight made history. The game became the most-watched women’s college basketball game ever, with 12.3 Million viewers tuning in.
In the rematch of last year’s National Championship between LSU and Iowa, Caitlin Clark and the Hawkeyes got the best of Kim Mulkey’s Tigers. Clark was unstoppable against LSU, posting a near 40-point triple-double. The Iowa native put up an incredible stat line of 41 points, 12 assists, and seven rebounds in one of the biggest moments of her career.
To put into perspective the sheer amount of viewers that tuned in for Monday night’s matchup, a recent tweet from The Joe Pomp Show’s Joe Pompliano listed some major 2023 sporting events that the Elite Eight game surpassed in total viewership.
The game between Iowa and LSU had more viewers than any of the events listed below.
- Any women’s CBB game ever
- The 2023 NBA Finals
- The 2023 World Series
- The 2023 Orange Bowl
- The 2023 Big Ten Championship
- The 2023 Cotton Bowl
- The 2023 Pac-12 Championship
- The 2023 Big-12 Championship
- The 2023 ACC Championship
- The 2023 Peach Bowl
- Thursday Night Football
- Every 2023 college football regular season game except Ohio State vs. Michigan
With stars like Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese, Paige Bueckers, JuJu Watkins, Cameron Brink, and more, women’s college basketball has risen to an elite level. The sport has an incredible shot to continue exploding on television sets nationwide.
