Louisville, Memphis and Cincinnati in the top 6 for ESPN in terms of metered markets.


http://t.co/KCh5vuaZky

Edit; Markets #7 Columbus and #8 Dayton likely tune in to some UC basketball as well.

BUT - we "don't move the needle."

(01-13-2014 05:20 PM)BJUnklFkr Wrote:  BUT - we "don't move the needle."

That what the say. In football the Belk Bowl had nearly the same number of viewers as the Pinstripe Bowl. That is amazing when you consider Notre Dame was in that bowl (and Rutgers who supposedly capture the NYC Market ).

Good info Clifton, thanks for sharing. If the ACC network comes to fruition, I wonder how this could come into to play. Think if the ACC had both Ohio and North Carolina for basketball TV viewership.

(01-13-2014 05:20 PM)BJUnklFkr Wrote:  BUT - we "don't move the needle."

we move it just as far as Columbus

Let's be honest... a lot of Cincinnati watches other teams too. Cincinnati was a top 25 market for football last year but UC was 80th ranked in the ratings. Obviously a lot of this town is not tuning into UC.

(01-14-2014 10:58 AM)mlb Wrote:  Let's be honest... a lot of Cincinnati watches other teams too. Cincinnati was a top 25 market for football last year but UC was 80th ranked in the ratings. Obviously a lot of this town is not tuning into UC.

True.. but that can be said about most markets. I am pretty certain that fans of other teams in this town also watch UC beacuse they love to hate us (conversely I along with some others I know do not watch XU or tOSU basketball but that is another story). I know the city of Louisville pretty well. About 30-40% of that town bleeds blue and there are a ton of IU fans. My guess is that is factored into their numbers as well. The cities in North Carolina are all watching ACC schools-- especially the four tobacco road schools and probably Virginia too. The city of Memphis is watching SEC basketball in addition to the Tigers.

Bottom line this is a feather in our cap we should crow about. It is obvious this town enjoys its CBB.

Seems as good a place as any for last weeks ratings:

Tue ESPN2 Indiana Illinois 0.7 1004k
Tue ESPN2 Ohio St Pur 0.6 902
Sun ESPNU N CarolinaWake For0.3 559
Sat ESPN2 Cincy Memphis 0.3 514
Tue ESPN2 Louisville UCF 0.4 492
Th ESPN2 Wisc Northw 0.3 467
Sat ESPNU Okla St Kan St 0.1 262
Tue ESPN2 Uconn Houston 0.2 252
Sat ESPN2 Virginia Fla St 0.2 245
Tue ESPN2 Memphis USF 0.2 231
Tue ESPNU E Mich Syracuse 0.1 226
Th ESPN2 St Mary Gonzaga 0.2 219
Mon ESPN2 Vir Tenn 0.1 181
Sat ESPNU UConn SMU 0.1 181
Tue ESPNU UNC-Wil N Carolina0.1 175
Mon ESPNU StL Vandy 0.1 169
Wed ESPNU SMU Cincy 0.1 135
Tue ESPNU Duke Elon 0.1 128
Mon ESPNU Rob Morr Okl St 0.1 103
Wed ESPNU Temple Rutgers 0.1 80
Th ESPNU Wash Ariz St 0.1 58
Th ESPNU Ore St Colo 0 57
Sat ESPNU Indiana StEvansvil 0 48
Sun ESPNU Wash St Ariz St 0 29

There were not any games shown on ESPN as it was Bowl week (12/30 - 1/5) on the flagship station.

The highest rating on FS1 was a game drawing 0.1 143K.
The highest rating on FS2 was a game drawing 0.0 13K.

Source
http://sonofthebronx.blogspot.com/