Today's picks: Why North Carolina will cover spread vs. Virginia Tech, plus more college basketball, NHL and soccer best bets for Friday, March 11

Jonathan Coachman is joined by top sports betting experts Chip Patterson, Mike McClure Jon Eimer and Martin Green on the Early Edge podcast, powered by SportsLine. Get highlighted plays for college basketball, NHL and soccer for Friday, March 11, and you can stream the show live every morning on the SportsLine YouTube page.

College basketball tournaments remain in full force today and Chip has two plays for tonight, North Carolina -2 vs. Virginia Tech in the ACC and Colorado +10 vs. Arizona from the Pac-12.

"They say it's tough to beat a team three times in one season but it's much less difficult when those previous victories are powered by a matchup advantage that's still very much in play. In the two regular season meetings, both UNC wins, Tar Heels big man Armando Bacot totaled 26 points and 35 rebounds against the Hokies. ... 

"Colorado has won 2 of the last 3 in this series vs. Arizona and knocked off the Wildcats at home by 16 on Feb. 26. That result wasn't some fluke, it's evidence of how these two teams match up. Colorado forward Jabari Walker leads the Pac-12 with 17 double-doubles and he's leads a frontcourt that can bang with Arizona's bigs down low."   

Martin has a few English Premier League picks: Liverpool -1 vs Brighton (-120) on Saturday and Arsenal -1 vs Leicester (-115) on Sunday. "Buckets" Eimer is tackling the German Bundesliga on Saturday: Freiburg-Wolfsburg both teams to score (-120) and Union Berlin-Stuttgart both teams to score (-120). 

The Jeweler's two-piece play is from the NHL and alternate totals: Over 5.5 goals in Wild-Blue Jackets and Over the same number in Capitals-Canucks.

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