NCAA title game, tournament see increases over last year

An average of 19.6 million people watched as Virginia beat Texas Tech in the NCAA Tournament championship game, an increase of 23% over last year.
The audience peaked at 23.5 million during overtime Monday night, according to Nielsen and CBS.
Last year’s championship game between Villanova and Michigan averaged 16.5 million on TBS, TNT and TruTV.
The news was not all good for CBS, however.Monday was the first time since 2009 that a title game averaged less than 20 million on network televi