Conference USA released its 2024-25 men’s basketball conference schedule on Thursday. With the league expanding to 10 schools this year with the addition of Kennesaw State, the conference schedule is expanding to 18 games from 16 played last year, as every one will play the other nine league members home and away.
All 18 of Liberty’s CUSA contests will be played on Thursdays and Saturdays during the months of January, February, and March.
The Flames will open league play against Western Kentucky for a second consecutive season, facing the defending champion Hilltoppers at home on Thursday, Jan. 2 at Liberty Arena. The Flames will wrap up their conference-opening homestand against Middle Tennessee just two days later, taking on Middle Tennessee on Saturday, Jan. 4.
Liberty’s first two CUSA road contests of the season will be played against the top two teams in last year’s regular season standings, Sam Houston (21-12, 13-3 CUSA) and Louisiana tech (22-10, 12-4 CUSA), on Jan. 9 and 11.
The Flames and new CUSA member Kennesaw State spent five seasons as ASUN members. Liberty posted a 9-2 record against the Owls in those five years, with the most recent meeting coming in the 2023 ASUN title game. Liberty and Kennesaw will meet for the first time as CUSA members on Jan. 30 in Kennesaw, Georgia and at Liberty Arena on March 1.
The 10 schools that make up CUSA men’s basketball this season have combined for 88 NCAA Tournament appearances, led by 23 trips to the Big Dance by New Mexico State. Western Kentucky represented the conference in the NCAA Tournament in 2024 after claiming the league’s conference title.
For the second straight year, the 2025 Conference USA Basketball Championships will be hosted at Propst Arena in Huntsville, Alabama, March 11-15. The even twill take place in conjunction with the CUSA Women’s Basketball Championship.
Television information and start times for the league games will be announced at a later date.
A look at Liberty’s full 2024-25 CUSA conference schedule as well as the non-league games which have been released:
11/09 @ Seattle
11/22 Louisiana (Paradise Jam)
11/24 TBD (Paradise Jam)
11/25 TBD (Paradise Jam)
12/16 vs UT Arlington
TBD vs FAU (in Charleston, SC)
TBD @ Charleston
TBD vs North Carolina A&T
01/02 vs Western Kentucky*
01/04 vs Middle Tennessee*
01/09 @ Sam Houston*
01/11 @ Louisiana Tech*
01/16 vs UTEP*
01/18 vs New Mexico State*
01/25 @ FIU*
01/30 @ Kennesaw State*
02/01 @ Jacksonville State*
02/06 vs Louisiana Tech*
02/08 vs Sam Houston*
02/13 @ New Mexico State*
02/15 @ UTEP*
02/22 vs FIU*
02/27 vs Jacksonville State*
03/01 vs Kennesaw State*
03/06 @ Middle Tennessee*
03/08 @ Western Kentucky*
03/11-15 CUSA Tournament in Huntsville, Alabama
