A good number of those watching today's NCAA women's basketball championship and tomorrow's men's championship will have some money writing on the outcomes.

According to an American Gaming Association estimate, more than $3 billion will have been bet on this year's tournaments.

That's more than February's Super Bowl.

The NCAA says that's led to a distressing consequence.

Online abuse of players, coaches, and officials from losing betters.

It's so bad that the NCAA has launched a social media and commercial campaign.

Root for your team. Get crazy when the buzzer sounds.

But don't harass anyone because you lost a bet.

It's time we draw the line and put an end to the abuse.

The NCAA says they're concerned about the mental well-being of student athletes.

Brett Woods is a sports psychologist with the University of Kansas health system.

Brett, last night, a big upset.

Houston, big comeback to beat Duke.

Is this the sort of game that's likely to trigger a lot of these angry betters to reach

out to the athletes to the players?

Yeah, on a number of levels.

One, when you look at it being a semi-final, Final Four game, the intensity, what's at

stake, how many fans are watching.

And then when you think about how close the game was, I think with a minute and 13 left in the game, if you're a Duke

fan, I think you're riding high because you had 80 plus percent odds by the analytics that

you're going to win that game. And then Houston comes back and makes a few key plays offensively,

defensively, those odds swing in their favor.

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