Top 10 TV markets this season for men's and women's national basketball game telecasts, per Nielsen (#9. Mpls/St. Paul)

[BleedGopher]

Go Gophers!!

 

[gopherbadgerman]

Nice.

 

[GopherGuy82]

College basketball fans are here. Hopefully Niko can get The Barn selling out again.

 

[goldenboy]

I wonder which networks this includes? Just the 4 over the air broadcasters that (could) have national games? There’s so many games on so many channels (plus streaming platforms). Does Nielsen include the BigTen network and other cable channels? I’m just curious what the Twin Cities are number 9 for watching.

 

[howeda7]

I wonder which networks this includes? Just the 4 over the air broadcasters that (could) have national games? There’s so many games on so many channels (plus streaming platforms). Does Nielsen include the BigTen network and other cable channels? I’m just curious what the Twin Cities are number 9 for watching.

It includes cable I'm sure. Not sure about Peacock etc. It would be a feat to be top 10 in broadcast only since the Gophers haven't had a game on CBS/Fox/ABC/NBC since at least 2020. They haven't had a regular season game on CBS since 2011.

 

[Gophers1992]

College basketball fans are here. Hopefully Niko can get The Barn selling out again.

Yep Minnesota loves basketball, and we are all starved for a contender. 10 years ago you could hear a pin drop at the Target Center during a Wolves game, now it's a fantastic atmosphere. Winning cures all.

 

[GringaGopher]

If we could keep more of the NBA/ WNBA talent to stay in MN we would be highly competitive. I don’t think most basketball fans know all the high level talent we have in the state.