Weekly Cable Sports Ratings: February 25 - March 3, 2019

Basketball is king, in cable sports, taking the top five spots and 12 of the top 15. The college game pushed four matches, including the Duke vs Virginia Tech game ranking 3rd overall. The top NBA game was on ESPN, as the Bucks vs Lakers drew 2.1 million viewers.

Both AAF primetime games made the list. Sunday's game collected 450,000 viewers, while Saturday's game brought in 409,000 viewers.

The MLS kicked of its 2019 season, with DC and Atlanta ranking 40th, with 394,000.

Rank	Day	Show	Net	Time	P2*	A18-49
1	Fri	NBA: MIL v LAL	ESPN	10:39 PM	2,097	0.89
2	Sat	College Basketball	ESPN	6:13 PM	1,692	0.51
3	Tue	CBB: DUKE v VT	ESPN	7:00 PM	1,665	0.55
4	Thu	NBA: PHI v OKC	TNT	8:14 PM	1,629	0.61
5	Wed	NBA: NO v LAL	ESPN	10:38 PM	1,613	0.73
6	Sat	UFC PPV Prelims	ESPN	8:09 PM	1,480	0.63
7	Fri	NBA: POR v TOR	ESPN	8:14 PM	1,407	0.55
8	Wed	NBA: POR v BOS	ESPN	8:12 PM	1,404	0.60
9	Mon	College Basketball	ESPN	9:05 PM	1,300	0.40
10	Thu	NBA: UTA v DEN	TNT	10:38 PM	1,279	0.50
11	Sun	PGA Tour	GOLF	1:00 PM	1,250	0.13
12	Tue	NBA: BOS v TOR	TNT	8:14 PM	1,246	0.49
13	Sat	NASCAR Xfinity	FS1	4:00 PM	1,164	0.15
14	Tue	NBA: OKC v DEN	TNT	10:36 PM	1,100	0.45
15	Tue	CBB: WIS v IU	ESPN	9:08 PM	1,055	0.33
16	Sun	PL: LIV v EVE	NBCSN	11:10 AM	730	0.29
17	Mon	CBB: ND v FSU	ESPN	7:00 PM	718	0.25
18	Sat	CBB: LSU v AL	ESPN	12:00 PM	704	0.21
19	Thu	CBB: NEB v MI	ESPN	7:00 PM	663	0.19
20	Sat	PGA Tour	GOLF	1:00 PM	642	0.05
21	Sat	College Basketball	ESPN	10:00 PM	622	0.19
22	Sat	PL: SH v MANU	NBCSN	9:57 AM	591	0.24
23	Sat	CBB: UCF v HOU	ESPN	4:01 PM	581	0.16
24	Fri	NASCAR Trucks	FS1	8:57 PM	557	0.12
25	Sat	CBB: BAY v K ST.	ESPN2	8:05 PM	545	0.10
26	Sat	College Basketball	ESPN	2:12 PM	514	0.11
27	Thu	NHL: TB v BOS	NBCSN	7:33 PM	509	0.15
28	Fri	PGA Tour	GOLF	3:00 PM	491	0.04
29	Thu	CBB: USC v UCLA	ESPN	9:04 PM	483	0.17
30	Fri	LIGA MX	UND	9:30 PM	453	0.20
31	Sun	Womens Gymnastics	ESPN	1:00 PM	451	0.15
32	Sun	AAF: ATL v ARZ	NFL	8:00 PM	450	0.16
33	Tue	Copa MX	UND	10:07 PM	450	0.17
34	Sun	NHL: NAS v MIN	NBCSN	7:30 PM	449	0.17
35	Sat	LIGA MX	UND	9:59 PM	449	0.16
36	Sun	PL: CHEL v FUL	NBCSN	9:01 AM	447	0.17
37	Sat	PL: NEW v WHAM	NBCSN	12:27 PM	419	0.15
38	Sat	PL: ARS v TOT	NBCSN	7:24 AM	417	0.18
39	Sat	AAF: ORL v SL	NFL	8:00 PM	409	0.13
40	Sun	MLS: DC v ATL	ESPN	6:00 PM	394	0.15