MAGIC NUMBER 10.6

Record-low rating across TBS, TNT and truTV for Monday’s national title game, the first one to air on cable, according to The Associated Press. The previous low was a 10.8 for North Carolina vs. Michigan State in 2009. Ratings represent the percentage of U.S. homes with televisions tuned to a program. The 17.8 million viewers were down 37% from the 28.3 million for last year’s Duke-Wisconsin matchup on CBS; that game had the largest audience in 18 years.