3/2/2023 0 Comments Baylor moneyline![]() ![]() Of all the national title futures bets MGM received, 37.3% of the money was on Gonzaga. Spread Favorite: Baylor (-2.5) Moneyline: Baylor (-139), Kansas State (+119) Total: 53.5 points OFFER. MGM had a ton of liability on Gonzaga futures bets, including a $100,000 bet on Gonzaga to win the national title at +150. For a full list of sports betting odds, access USA TODAY Sports Betting Scores Odds Hub. ![]() Those two plays could have pushed the outcome past 159.5.Īnd despite those bets cashing for BetMGM customers, a Baylor victory was still the preferred outcome for the sportsbook. A missed three-point attempt and a turnover on a fast break would follow. A three-pointer with 46 seconds to go ended up being the final points scored of the game. It came all the way down to the final minute. One bettor put down $330,000 on under 159.5. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)Ī third big bet also hit. ![]() That bet won $495,000.īaylor guard Davion Mitchell (45) and Baylor guard Mark Vital (11) celebrate at the end of the championship game against Gonzaga in the men's Final Four NCAA college basketball tournament, Monday, April 5, 2021, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. The other was $300,000 on the Baylor moneyline at +165. One was a $330,000 wager on Baylor +4.5 that yielded a return of $300,000. Before tip-off, BetMGM reported two monstrous bets on Baylor. Some seemed to sense the potential of this sort of outcome better than most. It was a sign of things to come as Baylor outrebounded Gonzaga 38-22 and finished with 16 offensive rebounds. The Bears had two offensive rebounds on the opening possession. On the heels of Jalen Suggs’ overtime buzzer beater to beat UCLA in the semifinals, Gonzaga was overwhelmed by the physicality of Baylor from the start. One of those was against USC in the Elite Eight, and Gonzaga ended up winning by 19 points as a 9.5-point favorite. It marked just the sixth time all season that Gonzaga was favored by fewer than 10 points. Gonzaga was a perfect 31-0 entering Monday night’s game, but was only a 4.5-point favorite at BetMGM in this game. But it was surprising that it came in such dominating fashion. It wasn’t necessarily surprising that Baylor won. Gonzaga was attempting to become the first undefeated national champion since Indiana in 1976, but Baylor had other ideas.īaylor dominated Gonzaga for all 40 minutes of Monday night’s title game in Indianapolis en route to a commanding - and surprising - 86-70 victory. ![]()
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