College Basketball
817
telecasts on the record
updated 2026-09-03
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1
UConn Huskies at Michigan Wolverines
18,300,000
2
Michigan Wolverines at Arizona Wildcats
14,290,000
3
Illinois Fighting Illini at UConn Huskies
14,160,000
4
UConn Huskies at Duke Blue Devils
13,400,000
5
St. John's Red Storm at Kansas Jayhawks
10,580,000
6
Purdue Boilermakers at Arizona Wildcats
10,100,000
7
Kentucky Wildcats at Iowa State Cyclones
9,790,000
8
TCU Horned Frogs at Duke Blue Devils
9,550,000
9
St. John's Red Storm at Duke Blue Devils
9,370,000
10
Louisville Cardinals at Michigan State Spartans
8,470,000
1
1979 NCAA championship game
35,110,000
2
1992 NCAA championship game
34,310,000
3
1993 NCAA championship game
32,941,000
4
1994 NCAA championship game
32,733,000
5
1983 NCAA championship game
32,140,000
6
1987 NCAA championship game
32,060,000
7
1985 NCAA championship game
31,230,000
8
1989 NCAA championship game
31,120,000
9
1982 NCAA championship game
30,589,000
10
1975 NCAA championship game
30,085,000
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| date date the telecast's air date. On a series row, the year. Methodology → | telecast telecast the telecast the figure is attached to, with its air date. A figure with no telecast row is listed without one. Methodology → | figure figure the telecast's lead figure: Nielsen average audience, full telecast, as published. Blank when Nielsen has not published one. Methodology → |
|---|---|---|
| 1992-04-06 | 1992 NCAA championship game | 34,310,000 |
| 1991-04-01 | 1991 NCAA championship game | 29,020,000 |
| 1990-04-02 | 1990 NCAA championship game | 29,260,000 |
| 1989-04-03 | 1989 NCAA championship game | 31,120,000 |
| 1988-04-04 | 1988 NCAA championship game | 26,690,000 |
| 1987-03-30 | 1987 NCAA championship game | 32,060,000 |
| 1986-03-31 | 1986 NCAA championship game | 28,710,000 |
| 1985-04-01 | 1985 NCAA championship game | 31,230,000 |
| 1984-04-02 | 1984 NCAA championship game | 25,140,000 |
| 1983-04-04 | 1983 NCAA championship game | 32,140,000 |
| 1982-03-29 | 1982 NCAA championship game | 30,589,000 |
| 1981-03-30 | 1981 NCAA championship game | 29,060,000 |
| 1979-03-26 | 1979 NCAA championship game | 35,110,000 |
| 1978-03-27 | 1978 NCAA championship game | 25,378,000 |
| 1977-03-28 | 1977 NCAA championship game | 26,400,000 |
| 1976-03-29 | 1976 NCAA championship game | 26,710,000 |
| 1975-03-31 | 1975 NCAA championship game | 30,085,000 |