It’s the ACC Tournament week, and Duke and North Carolina are meeting again – this time in the Friday semi-finals. That means a ratings bonanza for ESPN. Duke/UNC games were two of the four highest rated college basketball games this season, but it would have been big rating if UNC/Louisville were playing tomorrow too.
Pulled from SportsMediaWatch, 8 of the top 12 rated regular season college basketball games featured an ACC team. Five games were purely ACC vs ACC matchups. No other conference had more than two intra-conference games on the list. Duke led all teams with 5 appearances on this list. UNC was tied with Kentucky with 4. Louisville was on the list 3 times.
| TOP CBB GAMES, 2016-17 SEASON Through March 6 Ranked by viewership |
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| # | Game | Net | Rtg. | Vwrs. |
| 1 | Duke-UNC March 4 |
ESPN | 2.4 | 4.06M |
| 2 | Kentucky-UNC December 17 |
CBS | 2.2 | 3.62M |
| 3 | Kentucky-Kansas January 28 |
ESPN | 2.0 | 3.35M |
| 4 | UNC-Duke February 9 |
ESPN | 1.8 | 3.08M |
| 5 | Wisconsin-Purdue January 8 |
CBS | 1.9 | 2.97M |
| 6 | Kentucky-Louisville December 21 |
ESPN | 1.7 | 2.72M |
| 7 | Mich. St.-Ohio St. January 15 |
CBS | 1.5 | 2.363M |
| 8 | Kansas-Duke November 15 |
ESPN | 1.5 | 2.361M |
| 9 | Florida-Kentucky February 25 |
CBS | 1.5 | 2.31M |
| 10 | Duke-Miami February 25 |
CBS | 1.5 | 2.20M |
| 11 | Louisville/UNC February 22 |
ESPN | 1.4 | 2.13M |
| 12 | Duke/Louisville January 14 |
ESPN | 1.4 | 2.09M |
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