With March less than a week away, college basketball produced some big games while the NBA returned from its All-Star break. The highlight of last week, however,…<\/p>\n
With March less than a week away, college basketball produced some big games while the NBA returned from its All-Star break.<\/p>\n
The highlight of last week, however, was the men\u2019s hockey gold medal game at the Milan Cortina Olympics<\/a> between the United States<\/a> and Canada<\/a>, with the Americans winning 2-1<\/a> in overtime.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s a look at how things played out at the BetMGM online sportsbook<\/a>:<\/p>\n
Canada (-120) was a slight favorite going into the gold medal game<\/a>, but only took in 26% of the bets and 32% of the money. Going into overtime, Canada was -130 to win, while the U.S. was +105.<\/p>\n On Sunday, the Cavaliers (-4.5 vs. Thunder) were the most-bet NBA team to win in terms of the number of bets and money. Cleveland lost outright 121-113<\/a>. The Thunder led 40-25 after the first quarter.<\/p>\n The Celtics (-1.5 at Lakers) were the second-most bet team in terms of money to cover on Sunday. Boston rolled to a 111-89 win<\/a>.<\/p>\n
On the PGA Tour, Jacob Bridgeman won the Genesis Invitational<\/a>. He entered the final round with a six-shot lead and held on for a one-shot victory over Rory McIlroy and Kurt Kitayama. Bridgeman finished at 18 under for his first PGA Tour win. Entering the event, he was +8000 to win and took in just 0.6% of the bets and 0.2% of the money in pre-tournament outright winner betting.<\/p>\n There were two top-five matchups in college basketball on Saturday, and both were upsets. Arizona<\/a> was a 6.5-point underdog against Houston and won outright 73-66<\/a>. Duke<\/a> was a 2.5-point underdog against Michigan and won 68-63<\/a>. Arizona took in 61% of the bets and 65% of the money, while Duke took in 31% of the money.<\/p>\n
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