Sunday’s men’s basketball game between No. 24 Wisconsin and Minnesota averaged 693,272 viewers on BTN, making it the most-watched regular season game in network history as well as cable TV’s highest-rated college basketball game of the day. BTN’s coverage of men’s conference basketball games is now up +11% year-over-year, averaging 273,985 viewers per telecast.
The Badgers and Golden Gophers paced a standout weekend on BTN, in which both No. 23 Illinois vs. Indiana (545,263 viewers – March 1) and No. 18 Iowa vs. No. 20 Penn State (445,981 viewers – Feb. 29) delivered strong numbers. The tight contest between the Fighting Illini and the Hoosiers slotted in as BTN’s second-most watched regular season game of the 2019-20 season.
BTN’s top five regular season men’s basketball games of the 2019-20 regular season are as follows:
| Date | Teams | Total Viewers Live+SD |
| 3/1/2020 | MINNESOTA vs. WISCONSIN | 693,272 |
| 3/1/2020 | INDIANA vs. ILLINOIS | 545,263 |
| 1/27/2020 | WISCONSIN vs. IOWA | 504,924 |
| 1/30/2020 | IOWA vs. MARYLAND | 455,490 |
| 2/26/2020 | MARYLAND vs. MINNESOTA | 454,395 |
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