CNNSI.com's Richard Deitsch is always impressive with his weekly media column, and three different TV markets in North Carolina made the national top 10 in men's basketball.
2f. ESPN's highest-rated TV markets for men's hoops:
1. Louisville (which was the top for the 13th straight year); No. 2.
Greensboro; No. 3. Raleigh-Durham; No. 4. Kansas City; No. 5. Columbus;
No. 6 Cincinnati; No. 7 Dayton; No. 8 Indianapolis; No. 9 Charlotte; and
No. 10 Memphis.
2g. ESPN's women's college basketball telecasts
averaged 405,000 viewers, up 36 percent from 2014. The top markets: 1.
Hartford/New Haven; 2. Knoxville; T3. Louisville and Nashville; T5.
Greenville, Dayton, Baltimore, Raleigh-Durham, Greensboro, Birmingham,
New Orleans, and Albuquerque.
Richard Deitsch
2f. ESPN's highest-rated TV markets for men's hoops:
1. Louisville (which was the top for the 13th straight year); No. 2.
Greensboro; No. 3. Raleigh-Durham; No. 4. Kansas City; No. 5. Columbus;
No. 6 Cincinnati; No. 7 Dayton; No. 8 Indianapolis; No. 9 Charlotte; and
No. 10 Memphis.
2g. ESPN's women's college basketball telecasts
averaged 405,000 viewers, up 36 percent from 2014. The top markets: 1.
Hartford/New Haven; 2. Knoxville; T3. Louisville and Nashville; T5.
Greenville, Dayton, Baltimore, Raleigh-Durham, Greensboro, Birmingham,
New Orleans, and Albuquerque.
Richard Deitsch
