UConn Huskies vs Michigan Wolverines
Nielsen average audience: 18,300,000 viewers (final), per Sports Media Watch.
- Aired
- 2026-04-06 Monday
18,300,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
multiple sources · 2 sources · final
figures last changed 2026-04-08
Published figures
JSONNielsen3 figures
18,300,000
Monday's Michigan-UConn NCAA men's basketball tournament national championship averaged an 8.8 rating and 18.3 million viewersSports Media Watch, verbatim
18,280,000
Source quote not verbatim-confirmed against a fetched copy
20,400,000
Source quote not verbatim-confirmed against a fetched copy
3 press attributions · no provider-published figure · multiple sources
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider
Prior-season comparable
18,100,000
2025-04-07 · CBS · Nielsen, final · Wikipedia
+1.1% vs the comparable
Site-computed: same league, same weekday, the only such window within a week of 52 weeks earlier; Nielsen average, final or revised.
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