NU TV Ratings, 2013-14

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For selected national TV regular-season/conf tournament games - no BTN games are listed. From Sports Media Watch:

• Dec. 4 - 101,000 - Miami at Nebraska, ESPNU 
• Dec. 8 - 66,000 - Nebraska at Creighton, FS1
• Dec. 28 - 244,000 - Nebraska at Cincinnati, ESPN2
• Jan. 9 - 561,000 - Michigan at Nebraska, ESPN2
• Jan. 23 - 167,000 - Nebraska at Penn St, ESPNU
• Feb. 8 - 144,000 - Nebraska at Northwestern, ESPNU
• Feb. 20 - 198,000 - Penn St at Nebraska, ESPNU
• Mar. 1 - 192,000 - Northwestern at Nebraska, ESPNU
• Mar. 14 - 1.187 million - Nebraska vs Ohio St, ESPN

People were paying attention to NU as we went on our late-season surge. Not only were our ratings against PSU & NW up around 30% on the same network from the first meeting, but the NU-OSU game was the 3rd-most watched game on national TV on March 14, only trailing a pair of prime-time games in the ACC on ESPN. Keep in mind NU-OSU was played in the middle of the afternoon. And while the B1G was playing quarterfinal games that day, many conferences were playing semifinals. Only 9% of all college basketball regular-season/conf tournament games had 1+ million viewers.

 

By the way, the fact that NU's lowest rated game was on FS1 was no fluke - FOX Sports 1 wasted its money on the new and not improved Big East. Terrible ratings the entire season. Just a guess, but I bet several of NU's BTN games probably outdrew its lone FS1 appearance in terms of TV viewers.

 

With one season under the belt, how did those [big East] ratings turn out?

Short answer. They were awful.

As a whole, FS1 averaged 108,535 viewers and 0.07 rating in the 155 games it broadcast.

 

 

http://painttouches.com/2014/04/08/big-east-fox-sports-1-ratings-pick-up-steam-in-march/

http://sports.omaha.com/2014/04/09/mad-chatter-husker-high-hopes-creightons-depressing-tv-ratings-rutgers-v-uconn/#.U0lqB_lSbwl

[hhcmatt]

By the way, the fact that NU's lowest rated game was on FS1 was no fluke - FOX Sports 1 wasted its money on the new and not improved Big East. Terrible ratings the entire season. Just a guess, but I bet several of NU's BTN games probably outdrew its lone FS1 appearance in terms of TV viewers.

 

I think you know why the conference fought so hard to keep the name "Big East" and why the Big 10 hasn't changed.

[hhcmatt]

This would be why Miles scheduled Cincinnati when he did instead of Cincy and some cream puff.

 

Two years ago our UTEP tourney was available via pay-per-view or not at all.

This year our SC tourney games were bumped to WatchESPN.

The Diamond Classic will have us on either ESPN2 or ESPNU

 

Will we get a matchup with the ACC that puts us on ESPN vs ESPN2?

Is Cincy-Nebraska going to be B10 or ESPN/2?

Is Creighton being in the BEast going to get that game on BTN/ESPN2 instead of WatchESPN?

 

We're looking at a decent uptick in nation exposure this year. It's a pretty good time to bring back one of our most promising teams in the last 20 years.