Today's picks: Why Southern Illinois will cover spread vs. Drake, plus more college basketball, NBA and soccer best bets for Friday, March 4

Jonathan Coachman is joined by top sports betting experts Larry Hartstein, Chip Patterson, Jon Eimer and Martin Green on the Early Edge podcast, powered by SportsLine. Get highlighted plays for college basketball, NBA and soccer for Friday, March 4, and you can stream the show live every morning on the SportsLine YouTube page.

Chip notes how betting favorites in college basketball conference tournament action on Thursday went 14-3-1 against the spread -- except for in the wacky Sun Belt from Pensacola. Favorites in the Sun Belt: 0-4 with two underdogs winning outright. That league is back in action Saturday, so keep that in mind.

For today, Chip is backing Bradley +6 vs. Loyola Chicago in the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament from St. Louis. He notes how "Bradley's Rienk Mast is an absolute monster down low and has done it two different ways vs. Loyola this season. He is such a size problem for the Ramblers. You are catching a Bradley team playing its best basketball of the season."

Larry is on an underdog as well: Southern Illinois +3.5 against Drake also in the Missouri Valley. "The Salukis came oh-so close to beating Drake this season, losing by one and two points. They won four of their last five games and are dangerous in the MVC Tournament because of star Marcus Domask and the late-season emergence guard Ben Coupet.Jr. The Bulldogs just lost senior guard D.J. Wilkins to a torn ACL. He's their best defender."

Jon and Martin are all over the European soccer scene this weekend, with among the picks: Arminia Bielefeld vs. Augsburg with both teams to score, and Arsenal moneyline and Under 4.5 goals on Sunday vs. Watford.    

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