If anyone still thinks CC is not the biggest thing to ever hit the WNBA & women’s team sports worldwide, just look at the past 3 days. People care. Boy do they care. It’s like the passion they have for men’s team sports, craziness and all. Totally unprecedented in w team sports.
Christine Brennan (@cbrennansports) on Caitlin Clark:
"The most important team sport female athlete we have ever seen in the world."
More from our live interview on @WHO13news (edited for time)
Addie Deal entering the portal is hilarious
Top 5-10 program in the country supporting women’s hoops, her coach didn’t leave, she’s not transferring to a higher level.
Coaches like Dan Hurley are 100% correct that players today are getting soft. Toughen up. Life is hard
Viewership of the NCAA women’s national championship game over the past five seasons:
2021: 4.1 million
2022: 4.85 million
2023: 9.9 million
2024: 18.9 million
2025: 8.5 million
Better than ever, by a lot — except for the two historic Caitlin Clark years.
The WNBA has released a report saying...
• Attendance is up 156% from last year, and more than half of all WNBA games this year have been sellouts.
• About 400,000 fans have attended WNBA games this season, filling WNBA arenas to 94% capacity.
• This year's televised games (ABC, ESPN, etc.) are averaging 1.32 million viewers, nearly triple last season's average of 462,000.
• WNBA Countdown is averaging 741,000 viewers, a 211% increase from last year's full season average.
• The WNBA's online merchandise store has already set a single-season sales record (with 4+ months left in the season), and sales are up 756% compared to last year.
• The WNBA's social channels garnered 157 million video views through the first week of the season, an all-time high and up 380% compared to last year.
• The WNBA set an all-time high for League Pass subscriptions last month with a 355% increase vs. last season.
So, in simple terms, business is booming 📈
Caitlin Clark with the money quote IMO: Choosing Iowa was “one of the best decisions I’ve ever made in my life. There’s not a regret in my mind of how things went. I’ll be able to sleep at night even though I never won a national championship. Everything I’ve done, there’s so much to be proud of. I don’t sit and sulk about the things that never happened.”
Caitlin Clark’s extraordinary play this season has been the catalyst for growing women’s basketball, with record-breaking viewership throughout the tournament. She deserves her flowers and I want to congratulate her on an incredible collegiate career! 💐💐💐 @CaitlinClark22
ESPN says Iowa vs LSU delivered 12.3 million viewers, easily topping the women’s basketball record set last year by … Iowa vs LSU. Peak was 16 million.
It’s also the most watched college basketball game ever on any ESPN platform.
Wow.
Photo: AP @WHO13news