Liberty has now won four straight games to improve to 23-3 overall and remain in a first-place tie in the ASUN with North Florida at 9-2. The Flames haven’t played since Saturday evening when they defeated North Alabama behind a career-high 30 points from Caleb Homesley. Now, McKay and his squad return home for the final 3 regular season home games of the year beginning Saturday night against NJIT.
This week, Liberty is being projected in 72 of the 79 brackets included on Bracket Matrix and being pegged anywhere from an 11 to a 14 seed with an average of 12.17, a slight improvement from last week.
North Florida, just ahead of Liberty in first place in the ASUN 9-2, is being selected as the ASUN representative in 7 brackets, receiving a 16-seed in all projections. ESPN’s Joe Lunardi has UNF in as a 16-seed. Liberty was being listed among the first 8 out in Lunardi’s bracket, but has since fallen from this projection.
Bart Torvik gives Liberty an 82.9% chance to make the NCAA Tournament. The Flames are most likely to receive a 12-seed according to this metric, as Liberty has a 70.6% chance at a 12-seed, a 3.1% chance at an 11-seed, and a 9.1% chance at a 13-seed.
Lowest Seed
14 seed – Team Rankings
Highest Seed
12 seed – Multiple
Other Notables
