Final Four are 2 words that hoops fans love to hear, and on Saturday night, the Final Four delivered a night for the ages in college basketball.
During the first 2 days of the NCAA Tournament, there were many casual basketball fans who were upset that there weren’t a ton of Cinderella stories. However, you ask any of the purist die-hard basketball fans out there, they were excited to get the 4 best teams in the country playing for a right to play in the national title.The ratings are out, and they show that fans tuned in to watch the 4 top seeds. Saturday’s games delivered the best ratings since 2017:
Final Four scores 15.3 million viewers on CBS, the most-watched since 2017.Coverage peaked with 20.4 million viewers.*Numbers expected to increase when Final data is available on Tuesday pic.twitter.com/sri6P5REyi
— March Madness Men’s Basketball TV (@MM_MBB_TV) April 6, 2025Often times in sports, the games don’t always live up to the hype, but both of these games flat out delivered.
The first game between Florida and Auburn was the most-viewed first Final Four matchup since 2017, with 14.6 million people tuning in. That was a 27% increase from last year.
The nightcap drew even more viewers, as Houston and Duke had 16 million viewers. The NCAA Tournament as a whole saw its viewers increase this year on CBS, TNT, TBS and truTV, as they averaged 9.9 million viewers.
Monday night’s championship between Houston and Florida is a matchup between 2 different styles, and the fans should be extremely excited about tuning in to that game to.
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