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Iowa guard Caitlin Clark, centre, and LSU’s Angel Reese, left, referred to their Elite Eight match as a fantastic occasion for their respective sports. The game rocketed to the top of ESPN’s ratings thanks to the support of millions of people.
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The nation took notice when the two most intriguing basketball teams in the nation squared up in a win-or-go-home match on Monday night. According to ESPN, Iowa and LSU drew the second-largest crowd for any college or professional basketball game since 2012.
The rematch of the NCAA women’s tournament championship from the previous year drew a peak audience of 16.1 million viewers, according to ESPN, with 12.3 million viewers.
The network declared that this collegiate basketball game was the most watched ever on its platforms.
The most prolific scorer in NCAA history, Iowa’s Caitlin Clark, faced off against LSU’s Angel Reese, the NCAA record holder most double-doubles in a season, in the Elite Eight match.
It was the couple’s final college meeting: Reese declared on Wednesday that she would go professional; in February, Clark made a similar declaration.
Reese declared on her Instagram account, “I’m leaving college with everything I ever wanted: a degree, a national title, and this platform I could never fathom.” “For the girls who resemble me, this is
