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, was the men鈥檚 hockey gold medal game at the between the and , with in overtime.
Here鈥檚 a look at how things played out at the BetMGM :
Trends of the Week
Canada (-120) was a slight favorite going into , 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.
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 . The Thunder led 40-25 after the first quarter.
The Celtics (-1.5 at Lakers) were the second-most bet team in terms of money to cover on Sunday. Boston rolled to .
Upsets of the Week
On the PGA Tour, Jacob Bridgeman won . 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.
There were two top-five matchups in college basketball on Saturday, and both were upsets. was a 6.5-point underdog against Houston and . was a 2.5-point underdog against Michigan and . Arizona took in 61% of the bets and 65% of the money, while Duke took in 31% of the money.
Coming Up
With closing in, Michigan is favored to win the national championship at +375, followed by Duke and Arizona at +450, and Houston at +750.
Florida is next at +1150, followed by Iowa State and Illinois at +1300, UConn at +1700, Purdue at +2500 and Kansas at +3000.
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