Fox led all weekend sports telecasts with a 4.6 overnight Nielsen rating for yesterday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Kobalt Tools 400 from Las Vegas. That figure is down 13% from the same race last year. The Michigan State-Ohio State Big Ten tournament championship yesterday topped all NCAA men's basketball games over the weekend with a 2.7 overnight on CBS. That figure is flat compared to the Ohio State-Penn State matchup last year. ESPN earned a 1.5 overnight for the Florida State-North Carolina ACC tournament championship yesterday, down slightly from the Duke-UNC final last year. The FSU-UNC game also aired on Raycom networks in ACC markets (number not included in the 1.5 overnight). ABC earned a 2.1 overnight for Vanderbilt's upset of Kentucky in the SEC tournament championship, up from a 1.8 overnight for Kentucky-Florida last year. The Colorado-Arizona Pac-12 tournament championship on Saturday night earned CBS a 1.4 overnight, down 26% from a 1.9 rating for Arizona-Washington last year. ESPN also earned a 1.4 overnight for the premiere of "The Announcement" last night. The documentary focusing on Magic Johnson's HIV revelation was down from a 2.0 overnight for the premiere of "The Fab Five" in the same window last year.
Listed below are overnight Nielsen ratings from weekend sports telecasts on broadcast TV.
| TELECAST | DATE | NET | TIME (ET) | RAT. |
| SEC Tournament Semifinals: Kentucky-Florida | 3/10 | ABC | 1:00-3:00pm | 1.6 |
| SEC Tournament Semifinals: Vanderbilt-Ole Miss | 3/10 | ABC | 3:00-5:00pm | 1.0 |
| Conference USA Championship: Memphis-Marshall | 3/10 | CBS | 11:30am-1:40pm | 1.0 |
| Big Ten Semifinal: Michigan State-Wisconsin | 3/10 | CBS | 1:40-3:40pm | 1.6 |
| Big Ten Semifinal: Ohio State-Michigan | 3/10 | CBS | 4:00-6:15pm | 2.0 |
| Pac-12 Championship: Colorado-Arizona | 3/10 | CBS | 6:15-8:15pm | 1.4 |
| Snowboarding: U.S. Grand Prix (taped) | 3/10 | NBC | 12:00-1:00pm | 0.5 |
| Freeskiing: U.S. Grand Prix (taped) | 3/10 | NBC | 1:00-2:00pm | 0.5 |
| WGC: Cadillac Championship: Third Round | 3/10 | NBC | 2:00-6:00pm | 2.2 |
| SEC Tournament Championship: Vanderbilt-Kentucky | 3/11 | ABC | 1:00-3:15pm | 2.1 |
| NBA: Celtics-Lakers | 3/11 | ABC | 3:30-6:00pm | 3.2 |
| "Road to the Final Four" | 3/11 | CBS | 12:00-1:00pm | 1.0 |
| Atlantic 10 Championship: St. Bonaventure-Xavier | 3/11 | CBS | 1:00-3:30pm | 1.4 |
| Big Ten Championship: Michigan State-Ohio State | 3/11 | CBS | 3:30-6:00pm | 2.7 |
| NCAA Basketball Selection Show | 3/11 | CBS | 6:00-7:00pm | 4.0 |
| NASCAR Sprint Cup: Kobalt Tools 400 | 3/11 | Fox | 3:00-6:30pm | 4.6 |
| NHL: Bruins-Penguins | 3/11 | NBC | 12:30-3:00pm | 0.8 |
| WGC: Cadillac Championship: Final Round | 3/11 | NBC | 3:00-7:00pm | 3.1 |
