Top 15 Cable Sports Events: March 3 - 4, 2018

College basketball post season games and conference tournaments are on center stage this weekend, as the sport takes six spots in this weeks top 15 chart. The rivalry of North Carolina vs Duke was the top rated sports program, grabbing 3.4 million viewers and a solid 1.1 rating in Adults 18-49. That is more than double the #2 sports event on the weekend, ESPN's NBA game.

FS1 got traction from its NASCAR Xfinity series race, in Las Vegas, the late afternoon event drew 1.3 million viewers and was #3 overall for the weekend.

Premiere League soccer pushed three matches into the chart, taking 13th, 14th and 15th. NBCSN averaged 500,000 viewers between the three matches.

Rank	Day	Show	Net	Time	P2*	A18-49
1	Sat	NCAA BKBL: NC v DUKE	ESPN	8:17 PM	3,369	1.08
2	Sun	NBA: PHI v MIL	ESPN	8:00 PM	1,347	0.56
3	Sat	NASCAR Xfinity Race	FS1	4:00 PM	1,257	0.19
4	Sat	NCAA BKBL: LOU v NC ST	ESPN	6:04 PM	1,148	0.35
5	Sat	NCAA BKBL	ESPN	10:24 PM	1,128	0.37
6	Sat	NCAA BKBL: WV v TEX	ESPN	12:00 PM	1,011	0.32
7	Sun	PGA TOUR	GOLF	12:00 PM	950	0.13
8	Sat	NCAA BKBL	ESPN	4:10 PM	921	0.26
9	Sat	LIGA MX 2	UND	10:00 PM	918	0.43
10	Sat	UFC PPV Prelims	FS1	8:00 PM	905	0.31
11	Sat	NCAA BKBL	ESPN	2:26 PM	710	0.18
12	Sat	PGA Tour	GOLF	12:00 PM	687	0.09
13	Sun	PL Soccer: CHEL v MC	NBCSN	10:57 AM	567	0.22
14	Sat	PL Soccer: NEW v LIV	NBCSN	12:27 PM	476	0.18
15	Sat	PL Soccer: HUD v TOT	NBCSN	9:57 AM	474	0.15

* viewership (,000)