The First Four are the so-called "Play-In Games" of the NCAA's March Madness college basketball tournament. These games pit the 65th-68th seeds in the tournament against the last four at-large seeds. During the 2021 tournament, the match up between UCLA and Michigan State was watched by 3.15 million viewers on TBS, a record for the First Four stage of the tournament.
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Website (thespun.com). (March 16, 2022). Most watched NCAA March Madness First Four games in the United States as of March 2022 (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1223346/march-madness-first-four-viewers/
Website (thespun.com). "Most watched NCAA March Madness First Four games in the United States as of March 2022 (in millions)." Chart. March 16, 2022. Statista. Accessed August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1223346/march-madness-first-four-viewers/
Website (thespun.com). (2022). Most watched NCAA March Madness First Four games in the United States as of March 2022 (in millions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1223346/march-madness-first-four-viewers/
Website (thespun.com). "Most Watched Ncaa March Madness First Four Games in The United States as of March 2022 (in Millions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 16 Mar 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1223346/march-madness-first-four-viewers/
Website (thespun.com), Most watched NCAA March Madness First Four games in the United States as of March 2022 (in millions) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1223346/march-madness-first-four-viewers/ (last visited August 24, 2024)
Most watched NCAA March Madness First Four games in the United States as of March 2022 (in millions) [Graph], Website (thespun.com), March 16, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1223346/march-madness-first-four-viewers/