Following the team’s 13-3 start in ASUN play and coming off a split this past week, the Liberty Flames are currently at No. 45 in the updated NET rankings, that is up slightly from where the Flames were ranked last week at No. 47.
Houston is currently ranked No. 1 in the NET, followed by Alabama, Tennessee, UCLA, Purdue, Kansas, Saint Mary’s, UConn, Texas, and Gonzaga. You can see the entire rankings here.
The Flames are the highest ranked team in the ASUN, followed by No. 134 Kennesaw State, No. 149 Stetson, No. 165 FGCU, No. 173 Eastern Kentucky, No. 180 Lipscomb, No. 211 Queens, No. 219 North Alabama, No. 227 Jacksonville, No. 247 North Florida, No. 261 Bellarmine, No. 270 Jacksonville State, No. 322 Central Arkansas, and No. 326 Austin Peay.
Let’s take a look at Liberty’s team sheet, which the Selection Committee started using to pick and seed teams a few years back. Each team’s wins are sorted into four quadrants using their opponent’s NET rankings:
- Quadrant 1: Home 1-30; Neutral 1-50; Away 1-75
- Quadrant 2: Home 31-75; Neutral 51-100; Away 76-135
- Quadrant 3: Home 76-160; Neutral 101-200; Away 136-240
- Quadrant 4: Home 161-plus; Neutral 201-plus; Away 241-plus
Liberty vs Quad 1: 0-3
L, Alabama 95-59
L, Oral Roberts 84-70
L, Northwestern 66-52
Liberty vs Quad 2: 1-1
W, Bradley 55-44
L, Kennesaw State 88-81
Liberty vs Quad 3: 3-3
L, Southern Miss 76-72
W, Bryant 82-62
L, Eastern Kentucky 62-59
W, Jacksonville 66-52
L, Lipscomb 69-64
W, Stetson 74-45
Liberty vs Quad 4: 15-0
W, Grambling State 75-56
W, NC Central 79-63
W, UMES 79-59
W, Delaware State 80-53
W, Bellarmine 70-54
W, Lipscomb 77-48
W, Jacksonville State 75-41
W, North Alabama 72-48
W, Central Arkansas 82-62
W, North Florida 73-62
W, Austin Peay 82-70
W, Bellarmine 70-50
W, Eastern Kentucky 83-73
W, FGCU 74-57
W, Jacksonville State 79-55
