Clark s preseason debut ratings of 1.3 million! Higher than all NBA preseasons after Lake Yong in 2018

May 8th According to the official data released by ESPN, fanatical star Caitlin Clark led the team to return to his alma mater, the University of Iowa, to play against the Brazilian Women's Basketball Team at home, with an average viewership of 1.3 million, 13% higher than the average viewership of all regular season games broadcast by ESPN last year, and also higher than the G1 ratings of last year's finals (1.14 million).

This game is also the second time in ESPN's history that the WNBA preseason was broadcast in the United States (the first time was 2019 live broadcast of Liberty vs. Chinese Women's Basketball Team). Before the game, according to data from ticketing technology company VictoryLive, the 15,500 tickets at the Carver Hawkeye Arena at the University of Iowa home court have been sold out, and the average ticket price in the secondary market has reached $440. This game is also the most expensive average ticket price of all Clark's college + career competitions.

From 2010 to the present, ESPN has broadcasted 57 NBA preseason games, of which only two of which LeBron James participated, which is higher than the ratings of Fanatic vs Brazil - the Cavaliers vs Bulls in 2017 and the Warriors vs Lakers in 2018.

In the past year, the WNBA has had 34 games/events live broadcasts with a total of 1 million views, and Clark or fanatical participated in a total of 26 games. If you don't count the 5 games in last year's finals and this year's draft, then only 2 games have nothing to do with Clark/Frenzy. You should know that from 2008 to 2004 draft, the WNBA has not had a single game with a rating of over one million in more than ten years.