Ratings Reference

Michigan Wolverines at Duke Blue Devils

Nielsen average audience: 4,320,000 viewers (final), per Sports Media Watch.

Aired
2026-02-21 Saturday
Networks
ESPN
Away
Duke
4,320,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
multiple sources · 2 sources · final
figures last changed 2026-08-29

Published figures

JSON
Nielsen2 figures
via pressaverage audienceLead figure
full telecast · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
4,320,000
Saturday's Michigan-Duke men's college basketball game averaged a 2.0 rating and 4.32 million viewers Sports Media Watch, verbatim
via pressaverage audience
full telecast · final
press-attributed · Wikipedia
4,300,000
4.3 Wikipedia, verbatim
2 press attributions · no provider-published figure · multiple sources
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider

Prior-season windows

2025-02-22 · ESPN · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch
2,170,000
2025-02-22 · ESPN · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch
1,210,000
2025-02-22 · ESPN · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch
1,600,000
2025-02-22 · ESPN · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch
1,390,000
2025-02-22 · ESPN · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch
1,400,000
5 windows sit the same distance from 52 weeks earlier; the site does not pick one, so no percent is computed.
Site-computed: same league, same weekday, both on ESPN, nearest to 52 weeks earlier; Nielsen average, final or revised.