As we prepare for Monday night’s National Championship game between Houston and Florida in San Antonio, it’s become obvious that the casual American bettor is rooting for one team: The Houston Cougars.
According to the data on Wager Talk, 73% of the wagers on the moneyline are on the Houston Cougars, while Houston is also getting 64% of the action against the spread. The Cougars are +1 heading into the game.
The matchup opened at Florida -1 and has not moved since Saturday night.
The fact that the line has not moved would suggest that the big-money bettors are leaning to Florida, which is resulting in the spread remaining consistent at Florida -1.
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Also, the public is leaning heavily on the under with 64% of the tickets betting the under heading into the National Championship. The game opened up at 141 total points and has moved down slightly to 140.5 points in some sports books.
Who will be right? The wise guys? Or the general public?
Houston is America’s Team in this Tournament
Heading into the Final Four, BetOnline, the popular online sports betting site, put together a map based on geotagged X data on Sunday night, tracking tweets, hashtags (i.e., #GoCoogs, #WarEagle), and direct keyword phrases (i.e., “Go Houston”) from all over the nation, with over 130,000 tweets being tracked.
According to the data, 42 of the 50 states are rooting for the Cougars to cut down the nets, with Auburn getting love from four states (Alabama, Ohio, Wisconsin, Washington), and both Duke (Maine, North Carolina) and Florida (Florida, Hawaii) getting two states each.
Houston is coming off a 70-67 win over Duke on Saturday in the Final Four. Florida is coming off a 79-73 win over Auburn on Saturday in the Final Four.
Tip-off is set for 7:50 p.m. central on CBS. The Houston Cougars (35-4) were the No. 1 seed in their region and are seeking their first national championship in men’s basketball.
