INDIANAPOLIS — The 2015 NCAA Division I Men’s Final Four marked the seventh Men’s Final Four hosted in Indianapolis, setting several attendance and viewership records.
The two-session Final Four attendance totaled 143,387, the highest ever attendance for Lucas Oil Stadium. The semifinals also marked a Lucas Oil Stadium attendance record with 72,238 fans, and this year marked the fourth highest attended national championship game with 71,149 fans in attendance.
Turner Sports exclusive presentation of the national semifinals across TBS, TNT and truTV grossed 16.4 million total viewers and the Kentucky-Wisconsin game became the most-viewed college basketball game of all time on a cable television network.
The NCAA Final Four National Semifinals doubleheader — including Duke vs. Michigan State — averaged an 11.4/22 overnight rating/share to register as the highest average overnight rating for a doubleheader in 20 years. The National Semifinals were up 39 percent over last year.
CBS coverage of the NCAA national championship had 27 million viewers with a 17.1 HH coverage rating, up 33 percent from last year’s game and marking the highest overnight rating in 18 years.
The NCAA also set a Guinness World Record for Largest Sports Tournament Bracket, which was located on the JW Marriott in Indianapolis. Designed and built by Sport Graphics, the bracket covered 44,000 square-feet and measured 165 feet tall.
More than 2,300 volunteers were active throughout Final Four week.