Television ratings are in for the NCAA Women's Tournament Final Four semifinal matchups, and Arizona scored massive viewership for its 69-59 win over top-seeded UConn.
Arizona-UConn ranked as the most-watched game of the 2021 tournament so far, averaging 2.5 million viewers on ESPN and peaking at 3.3 million.
It is the best viewership in the late-window period for a women's semifinal (6:30 p.m. MST start time) since 2017 and is also a 15% increase over 2019's late-window game of Notre Dame-UConn (2.1 million).
In 2017, an average of 2.7 million tuned in to see Mississippi State-UConn in the second semifinal.
The other semifinal this year between Stanford and South Carolina averaged 1.5 million viewers and overall viewership for the two semifinals was up 11% over 2019.
Three-seed Arizona plays No. 1 Stanford on Sunday at 3 p.m. MST on ESPN looking to win its first national title.
Historical TV ratings for the Women's Final Four can be found at Sports Media Watch.
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