Friday's Division I college basketball schedule gets underway with a 1:30 p.m. ET tip between the Northeastern Huskies and UMass Minutemen. The Minutemen are 6.5-point favorites at William Hill Sportsbook, with the total set at 140 (see up-to-date odds for every game this week on our college basketball lines page). 

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