This Year's NCAA Men's Basketball Tourney Most Watched Since 2005

Boosted by the expanded coverage on CBS, TNT, TBS and TruTV, CBS Sports’ and Turner Sports’ exclusive live coverage of the 2011 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship is now the most watched tournament since 2005. 

Based on the fast affiliate results from March 15 through March 26, the tournament is averaging 9.1 million total viewers—up 11 percent from the 8.2 million on CBS one year earlier. The overall tournament, including the First Four, is averaging a 5.9

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