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Women's college basketball maintains strong TV ratings and attendance this season ahead of March Madness

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74% Informative

There was concern that attendance and interest in women’s college basketball would drop this year with the departure of Caitlin Clark , Angel Reese and other stars for the WNBA.

Fox increased its footprint in the sport with five games in primetime on Saturday nights and 18 total on the network.

ESPN had big numbers with regular-season ratings up 3 percent from last year and 41 percent from two seasons ago .

The Big Ten had its second -highest average attendance in the last 15 years .

The SEC led the way, setting numerous conference records, including total for its tournament and the mark in both the semis and the finals.

“Granted we get to see some of the best ones, but the energy was different throughout the country.”.

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85

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90

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50

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semi-formal

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English

Language complexity

33

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not offensive

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not hateful

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short-lived

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