Division I college basketball tips early on Friday and there are four games that begin at 4 p.m. ET or earlier that are on the William Hill Sportsbook odds board. VMI vs. Gardner-Webb (-4.5) opens the action at noon ET, followed by Central Michigan vs. Western Michigan (-1) at 2 p.m. ET. 

UNC Wilmington vs. Norfolk State (-1.5) and Fairfield vs. Niagara (-4.5) both tip at 4 p.m. ET. See up-to-date odds for every game this week on our college basketball odds page.

Before making any early college basketball picks, you NEED to check out the college basketball predictions from the SportsLine Projection Model.

The SportsLine Projection Model simulates every Division I college basketball game 10,000 times. Over the past four-plus years, the proprietary computer model has generated an impressive profit of almost $2,600 for $100 players on its top-rated college basketball picks against the spread. It's also off to a fast start in the 2020-21 season, going 8-4 on all its top-rated picks and returning well over $300. Anyone who has followed it has seen HUGE returns.

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

We can tell you the model likes Fairfield (+5) to stay within the spread at Niagara in a 4 p.m. ET start. The Stags stay within the spread over 50 percent of the time and there's also plenty of value on the Under (123.5) in that matchup because it hits 60 percent of the time. 

The model has made the call on every other game, and it has a particularly strong ATS pick in one game, saying it hits well over 60 percent of the time! You ABSOLUTELY need to see who it is before locking in any college basketball picks.

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