Women"s college basketball is surfing a crest of popularity with many pundits hailing it over the men"s NCAA.
Cleveland radio host Ken Carmen is disenchanted with men"s college ball after the heroics of Caitlin Clark, the story of South Carolina and Iowa.
"I have never been less interested in men’s college basketball to the point where it is just a chore," Carman said. "I do sit there and think if I didn’t watch the tournament games, would anyone really care?"
UConn defeated Purdue to win its second straight but women"s college this season has hit an all-time rating high.
"I sat and watched and [turned] on Saturday ESPN basketball," Carman said. "I did not want to do it this year. I hated doing it this year, because I’m bored to tears. I had no story. Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese, Dawn Staley. Stories. It being in Cleveland, stories just falling out of the sky right into your laps. Big stories. The race issue, the women vs. men issue that was there, obviously it being in Cleveland … that all being there. And then in the men’s game … I had nothing."
The men"s final draw 14.69 million viewers while the women"s final drew in 18.7 million.
