2019 ACC Tournament set all-time ESPN records
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2019 ACC Tournament set all-time ESPN records.
Previously, we told you that the ACC had a record-setting Men's Basketball Tournament this year. What we didn't tell you is that the ACC Tournament provided the two most-watched games in ESPN Championship Week history! Yes, Duke-North Carolina and Florida State-Duke BOTH broke the old record for most-viewed Championship Week games on ESPN.
This year’s New York Life ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament set new records for ESPN, as the Duke-North Carolina semifinal and the Duke-Florida State championship game are now the most-viewed Champ Week games in ESPN history.
The season’s third meeting between Duke and North Carolina averaged 4,150,000 viewers, which in addition to setting a new viewership record for ESPN, was the most-viewed Champ Week game across networks this season. The previous record for most-viewed game was the 1998 ACC championship game, which averaged 4,011,000 viewers.
The championship game between Florida State-Duke matchup averaged 4,063,000 viewers, the second most-viewed Champ Week game in ESPN history, and second most-watched Champ Week game of the season across all networks.
The second semifinal, which saw Florida State facing Virginia, averaged 1,618,000 viewers, up 76 percent in comparison to last year’s game on ESPN2.
The three games averaged 3,288,000 viewers, up 17 percent from 2017, when all three matchups were played on ESPN.
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