Telecasts · College Basketball
North Carolina Tar Heels at Kansas Jayhawks
17,050,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
final · figures last changed 2026-08-27
Published figures
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combined / full telecast · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
Monday's Kansas-North Carolina NCAA men's basketball national championship averaged 17.05 million viewersSports Media Watch, verbatim
17,050,000
via pressaverage audience
full telecast · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
17.052M (18.1M)Sports Media Watch, verbatim
17,052,000
2 press attributions · no provider-published figure · multiple sources
combined counts all networks and streams · press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider
combined counts all networks and streams · press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider
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