If you’re reading this and did NOT watch the women’s NCAA championship game between South Carolina and Iowa on Sunday afternoon — what were you doing?!
Over 18.7 million people tuned into ESPN on average, with a peak of 24 million, to see the South Carolina Gamecocks complete their undefeated season with a win over Iowa and take home the championship. Dawn Staley’s Gamecocks played an elite 40 minutes of basketball, beating out superstar Caitlin Clark’s Iowa Hawkeyes and going 38-0 in their season.
It was the Gamecock’s second national title in three years, and Staley’s third as head coach of the program.