Iowa’s win over UConn Friday night in the semifinals of the women’s Final Four drew a record average of 14.2 million viewers for the matchup.
— Iowa’s 71-69 victory over UConn at the women’s Final Four on Friday night averaged 14.2 million viewers on ESPN, making it the most-viewed women’s basketball game on record and the largest audience for an ESPN basketball broadcast.
The previous women’s hoops mark was 12.3 million for last Monday’s Iowa-LSU game in the Elite Eight. Game 7 of the 2018 NBA Eastern Conference finals between Cleveland and Boston was ESPN’s most-watched basketball game at 13.51 million.
