Strong TV ratings and attendance, women’s basketball in good place heading to NCAA Tournament

There was concern that attendance and overall interest in women’s college basketball would drop this year with the departure of Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese and other stars for the WNBA.

Both took a dip — but only a dip.

With JuJu Watkins and Paige Bueckers and a host of other standout players leading the way, attendance across the country was just short of last season’s record numbers in women’s hoops and still the second-highest ever.

More networks showed more games on TV this season and ratings were strong heading into March Madness that starts this week. ESPN will have the lion’s share of tournament games again, but Fox increased its

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