Division I college basketball tips early on Friday and there are five games that begin at 4 p.m. ET or earlier. William Hill Sportsbook lists Wright State at -12.5 against IUPUI in the earliest tip at 2 p.m. ET. Four games are then set for 4 p.m. ET:

• Niagara vs. Quinnipiac (+1)
• St. Francis (Pa.) vs. Sacred Heart (-1)
• Mount St. Mary's vs. Central Connecticut (+5)
• Fairleigh Dickinson vs. Merrimack (+1.5) (see the updated lines for every game today on our college basketball odds page).

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Now, it's simulated every Friday game 10,000 times and released its picks for the five earliest games. If you parlay these picks together, you could be looking at a HUGE 20-1 payout!

We can tell you the model likes Sacred Heart (-1) to cover against St. Francis (Pa.). St. Francis won the first matchup between these sides on Thursday, but it only has a 3-7 record against the spread on the season. The model says Sacred Heart bounces back with a win that covers the spread well over 50 percent of the time. 

The model has made the call on every other early game on Friday's schedule, and it says there's an underdog that wins outright! You ABSOLUTELY need to see who it is before locking in any college basketball picks.

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