ESPN’s coverage of the annual Jimmy V Women’s Classic presented by Corona – featuring top-ranked UConn’s 91-81 win over No. 3 Notre Dame on Saturday, Dec. 5 – tied the highest-ever overnight rating for a regular-season women’s college basketball game across ESPN networks with a 1.5. It ties the overnight rating for ESPN’s coverage of Stanford breaking UConn’s 90-game win streak on Dec. 30, 2010 on ESPN2.
The game garnered a 200% increase (1.5 vs. 0.5 meter market average) over ESPN’s presentation of the 2014 Jimmy V Women’s Classic – also a matchup between then-No. 1 UConn at No. 3 Notre Dame on Saturday, Dec. 6.
Hartford Market Collects Highest Overnight Rating Since 2011
Hartford was the highest-rated market for the UConn-ND matchup, bringing a 9.3 overnight rating, the market’s highest overnight since Connecticut faced Baylor on Dec. 18, 2011 (12.4 metered market rating).
The top-10 markets: Hartford (9.3); Los Angeles (6.7); San Francisco (5.9); Portland (5.3); Seattle (5.0); Las Vegas (4.5); Sacramento (4.3); Phoenix (3.2); Salt Lake City (2.9) and San Diego (2.6).
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