Duke-NC State was the most-watched Elite Eight games in years

The Blue Devils and Wolfpack drew more than 15 million viewers on Sunday, the most-watched Elite Eight telecast in five years.

Duke and NC State, the third intrastate Elite Eight matchup in NCAA Tournament history, set some viewership records on Sunday.

The Blue Devils and the Wolfpack drew 15.1 million viewers, the most of any Elite Eight game in five years. In fact, it was the most-watched telecast on Easter Sunday in more than a decade.

The Blue Devils are clearly still the biggest draw in the sport because the previous most-watched Easter Sunday game was when Duke played Louisville in 2013.

Sunday’s game drew almost 19 million viewers at its peak.

Duke took a six-point lead into halftime, but the Wolfpack surged back for a dominant second half to make the Final Four for the first time in four decades.

The Duke-NC State game averaged more than five million viewers more than the Purdue-Tennessee precursor, which came in around 10.4 million viewers.