Elite Eight numbers game.

Ratings for the NCAA Tournament Elite Eight since 1999. Last year’s Elite Eight averaged a 6.4 on CBS, tied with 2007 as the lowest rated Elite Eight of the past ten years. Since averaging an 8.2 in 2005, ratings for the Elite Eight have fallen 22%.

Ratings for the Elite Eight since ’99.

2008

Date	Time	Game	Net	Rating
Sat., 3/29/08	6:30 PM	UCLA/Xavier	CBS	5.2/10
Sat., 3/29/08	9:00 PM	North Carolina/Louisville	CBS	6.5/12
Sun., 3/30/08	2:00 PM	Memphis/Texas	CBS	5.1/12
Sun., 3/30/08	5:00 PM	Kansas/Davidson	CBS	8.7/17

2007

Date	Time	Game	Net	Rating
Sat., 3/24/07	4:30 PM	Ohio State/Memphis	CBS	5.8/14
Sat., 3/24/07	7:00 PM	UCLA/Kansas	CBS	6.8/14
Sun., 3/25/07	2:30 PM	Florida/Oregon	CBS	5.5/13
Sun., 3/25/07	5:00 PM	Georgetown/North Carolina	CBS	7.3/15

2006

Date	Time	Game	Net	Rating
Sat., 3/25/06	4:30 PM	LSU/Texas	CBS	6.1/14
Sat., 3/25/06	7:00 PM	Memphis/UCLA	CBS	6.9/13
Sun., 3/26/06	2:30 PM	George Mason/Connecticut	CBS	6.1/14
Sun., 3/26/06	5:00 PM	Villanova/Florida	CBS	7.8/15

2005

Date	Time	Game	Net	Rating
Sat., 3/26/05	4:30 PM	West Virginia/Louisville	CBS	6.9/16
Sat., 3/26/05	7:00 PM	Arizona/Illinois	CBS	8.7/16
Sun., 3/27/05	2:30 PM	Wisconsin/North Carolina	CBS	6.7/17
Sun., 3/27/05	5:00 PM	Kentucky/Michigan St.	CBS	10.4/22

2004

Date	Time	Game	Net	Rating
Sat., 3/27/04	4:30 PM	Connecticut/Alabama	CBS	5.1/13
Sat., 3/27/04	7:00 PM	Oklahoma St./St. Joseph’s	CBS	7.3/15
Sun., 3/28/04	2:30 PM	Kansas/Georgia Tech	CBS	5.2/13
Sun., 3/28/04	5:00 PM	Xavier/Duke	CBS	8.6/18

2003

Date	Time	Game	Net	Rating
Sat., 3/29/03	4:30 PM	Kentucky/Marquette	CBS	5.7/13
Sat., 3/29/03	7:00 PM	Arizona/Kansas	CBS	6.7/13
Sun., 3/30/03	2:30 PM	Oklahoma/Syracuse	CBS	4.8/10
Sun., 3/30/03	5:00 PM	Texas/Michigan St.	CBS	6.7/13

2002

Date	Time	Game	Net	Rating
Sat., 3/23/02	4:30 PM	Oklahoma/Missouri	CBS	5.8/14
Sat., 3/23/02	7:00 PM	Indiana/Kent St.	CBS	7.1/14
Sun., 3/24/02	2:30 PM	Oregon/Kansas	CBS	6.0/14
Sun., 3/24/02	5:00 PM	Connecticut/Maryland	CBS	8.4/17

2001

Date	Time	Game	Net	Rating
Sat., 3/24/01	4:30 PM	Maryland/Stanford	CBS	5.9/14
Sat., 3/24/01	7:00 PM	USC/Duke	CBS	7.7/16
Sun., 3/25/01	2:30 PM	Temple/Michigan St.	CBS	5.6/13
Sun., 3/25/01	5:00 PM	Arizona/Illinois	CBS	8.3/16

2000

Date	Time	Game	Net	Rating
Sat., 3/25/00	4:30 PM	Purdue/Wisconsin	CBS	5.2/13
Sat., 3/25/00	7:00 PM	Iowa St./Michigan St.	CBS	7.7/16
Sun., 3/26/00	2:30 PM	North Carolina/Tulsa	CBS	4.6/12
Sun., 3/26/00	5:00 PM	Florida/Ohio St.	CBS	7.2/16

1999

Date	Time	Game	Net	Rating
Sat., 3/20/99	3:30 PM	Gonzaga/Connecticut	CBS	7.2/20
Sat., 3/20/99	6:00 PM	Ohio St./St. John’s	CBS	7.9/18
Sun., 3/21/99	2:30 PM	Temple/Duke	CBS	6.8/17
Sun., 3/21/99	5:00 PM	Kentucky/Michigan St.	CBS	9.2/20