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The NCAA women's national championship game set a record Sunday for most watched women's basketball game ever. Then came Tuesday's news that they crushed the viewership of the men.
Monday’s men’s game on TNT and TBS, where UConn won its second straight title game against Purdue, drew an average of 14.8 million viewers. That represented the slightest of increases over last year's number of 14.69 when the Huskies faced off against SDSU.
Sunday's game where South Carolina beat Caitlin Clark and the Iowa Hawkeyes resulted in 18.7 million viewers. That's the most of any basketball game (men's or women's, college or NBA) since 2019. The broadcast peaked at 24 million viewers.
It wasn't just this game either. Clark and the Hawkeyes set viewership records for women’s college basketball in three straight games leading up to the championship, drawing 12.3 million viewers for their rematch against LSU in the Elite Eight and 14.2 million viewers against the UConn Huskies in the Final Four.
Clark is off to the WNBA and next year's odds mostly remove Iowa from the equation among the women while UConn is no longer favored in the men's championship. The men's college basketball championship odds were released ahead of Tuesday with Duke, North Carolina, and even a John Calipari-less Kentucky ahead of UConn.
Odds to Win the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship 2025
2025 NCAAM Championship
Duke 10/1
North Carolina 11/1
Kentucky 13/1
Alabama 14/1
Kansas 15/1
UConn 15/1
Arizona 16/1
Houston 16/1
Baylor 18/1
Auburn 20/1
Iowa State 22/1
Arkansas 25/1
Gonzaga 25/1
Purdue 28/1
Illinois 40/1
Michigan State 40/1
Tennessee 40/1
Texas 40/1
BYU 50/1
Creighton 50/1
Florida 50/1
Marquette 50/1
Miami 50/1
UCLA 60/1
Michigan 66/1
Ohio State 66/1
St. John’s 66/1
Saint Mary’s 66/1
Wisconsin 66/1
Maryland 75/1
Villanova 75/1
San Diego State 80/1
Texas Tech 80/1
USC 80/1
Memphis 90/1
Mississippi State 90/1
Missouri 90/1
Texas A&M 90/1
Clemson 100/1
Kansas State 100/1
LSU 100/1
Oregon 100/1
Xavier 100/1
Georgia 120/1
Indiana 120/1
Louisville 120/1
Oklahoma 120/1
Providence 120/1
Syracuse 120/1
TCU 120/1
Virginia 120/1
Wake Forest 120/1
Washington 120/1
West Virginia 120/1
Cincinnati 150/1
Georgia Tech 150/1
Iowa 150/1
Nebraska 150/1
North Carolina State 150/1
Notre Dame 150/1
Ole Miss 150/1
Penn State 150/1
Pittsburgh 150/1
South Carolina 150/1
Boise State 200/1
Butler 200/1
Colorado 200/1
Dayton 200/1
Florida State 200/1
Nevada 200/1
New Mexico 200/1
Northwestern 200/1
Utah 200/1
Virginia Tech 200/1
Georgetown 300/1
Minnesota 300/1
Oklahoma State 300/1
SMU 300/1
UCF 300/1
Arizona State 400/1
Colorado State 400/1
Florida Atlantic 400/1
Indiana State 400/1
Stanford 400/1
Utah State 400/1
Vanderbilt 400/1
Washington State 400/1
Boston College 500/1
California 500/1
DePaul 500/1
Grand Canyon 500/1
Oregon State 500/1
UNLV 500/1
VCU 500/1
- Tyrone Black, Gambling911.com
