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CBB Buckeyes–Fighting Illini

Name: CBB Buckeyes–Fighting Illini
Creator: RatingsReference
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2021-03-14 · College Basketball · CBS

3,680,000

Nielsen avg audience · via press

final · figures last changed 2021-03-16

Published figures

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average audience

full telecast / TV only · final

press-attributed · Sports Media Watch

Sunday's Illinois-Ohio State Big Ten Tournament final finished as the top game of the college basketball season with a 2.2 rating and 3.68 million viewers on CBS, down just 8% and 7% respectively from 2019 (Michigan-Michigan State: 2.4, 3.94M). Sports Media Watch, verbatim

3,680,000

1 press attribution · no provider-published figure · single source
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider

On the record

NetworksCBS

TeamsIllinois · Ohio State

ProvidersNielsen

Prior-season windows

CBB Tigers–Cougars

2020-03-08 · CBS · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch

1,020,000

CBB Buckeyes–Spartans

2020-03-08 · CBS · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch

2,050,000

2 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 CBS, nearest to 52 weeks earlier; Nielsen average, final or revised.

Cite this figure

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CBB Buckeyes–Fighting Illini (2021-03-14): 3,680,000 average audience, Nielsen (press-attributed), final; published by Sports Media Watch, 2021-03-16, https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2021/03/ncaa-selection-show-ratings-down-conference-tournaments/. Via RatingsReference, https://ratingsreference.com/telecast/cbb-illinois-ohio-state-2021-03-14, accessed 2026-09-15.

Measurement era

Panel + Out-of-Home, since Sept 2020