South Carolina's win over Iowa in the women's NCAA championship game had an audience average of 18.7 million, making it the most-watched basketball game since 2019. In that game Virgina beat Texas Tech to win the men's NCAA basketball championship.

The 2015 Final Four game between Wisconsin and Kentucky on TBS is the only college basketball game on cable to draw over 18.7 million. That game averaged 22.63 million.

The 2022 men's final, which matched Kansas and North Carolina on TBS, averaged 18.1 million.

The last NBA game to draw at least 18 million was Game 6 of the 2019 Finals between the Toronto Raptors and Golden State Warriors (18.34 million).