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REVEALED: One year later ratings for caitlin clark s ncaa tournament run seem even more impressive | Rare Historical Photos

Caitlin Clark's absence from the women's NCAA basketball tournament was felt this year. | Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

1. A lot was made a year ago at this time about the viewership numbers that Caitlin Clark was pulling in for Iowa basketball games. We had not seen a singular athlete cause such a massive ratings spike for a sport since Tiger Woods.

Thanks to Clark, last year’s women’s NCAA tournament outdrew the men, with the Iowa-South Carolina final pulling in 18.9 million viewers on the women’s side and Purdue-UConn landing 14.8 million viewers for the men’s championship.

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