2012 NCAA Men's Basketball National Championship Game's Overnight Ratings Fall

This in from John Ourand from Sports Business Journal. The ratings for last night’s NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship Game between Kansas and Kentucky were off from last 2011.

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Off 9% is a lot. As John tweeted, the late start at 9:27 p.m. might have been a factor, but also, the game never felt close even though Kansas cut the lead to under 10 points late, but by that time, the majority of the TV audience had left.

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