Today's picks: Why Jacksonville State will cover spread vs. Auburn, plus more men's and women's college basketball best bets for Friday, March 18

Jonathan Coachman is joined by top sports betting experts Mike McClure, Micah Roberts and Calvin Wetzel on the Early Edge podcast, powered by SportsLine. Get highlighted plays for college basketball on Friday, March 18, and you can stream the show live every morning on the SportsLine YouTube page.

It's all college basketball on today's show! Coach recaps Day 1 and gives updated Early Edge March Madness bracket standings. The leaders nailed 14 of 16 games in Day 1. 

Micah likes two early games: No. 15 Jacksonville State vs. No. 2 Auburn and No. 14 Yale vs. No. 3 Purdue.

Micah is taking the points on the Gamecocks vs. the SEC regular-season champions: "Auburn is just 2-8 ATS in its last 10 games and looks ripe for an upset. Jacksonville State might be a team that can beat them outright because the Gamecocks shoot 47 percent from the field and 39.8 percent from 3-point range, which ranks second in the nation."

For the Ivy League champion Bulldogs vs. the Big Ten's Boilermakers, it's a lean on the total with an Under play on 144.5: "Yale turned up the defense to close out the season, which kept its last five games Under the total, winning four of those games and winning the Ivy League Tournament. Purdue has also been playing great defense lately with a sputtering offense that has scored in the 60s in five of its last six, which has kept five of its last six Under. This number is eight points too high."

Mike is on Ohio State at pick'em vs. Loyola-Chicago, which is going to tip off very shortly. "The Big Ten Buckeyes are the more talented team and we will see them wear down Loyola like Michigan did vs. Colorado State on Thursday."

Calvin makes his EE debut as a women's basketball expert and his pick is No. 16 Albany getting +34.5 tonight against No. 1 Louisville in the women's Big Dance: "Our simulations have this at +24."

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