Following the team’s 10-2 start in ASUN play and coming off a split this past week, the Liberty Flames are currently at No. 49 in the updated NET rankings, that is down slightly from where the Flames were ranked last week at No. 45.
Houston is currently ranked No. 1 in the NET, followed by Tennessee, Alabama, Purdue, UCLA, Saint Mary’s, UConn, Kansas, Texas, and Arizona. You can see the entire rankings here.
The Flames are the highest ranked team in the ASUN, followed by No. 120 Kennesaw State, No. 147 Stetson, No. 166 Eastern Kentucky, No. 168 Lipscomb, No. 172 FGCU, No. 198 Queens, No. 221 Jacksonville, No. 257 North Alabama, No. 262 Bellarmine, No. 265 North Florida, No. 282 Jacksonville State, No. 316 Austin Peay, and No. 322 Central Arkansas.
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: 0-2
L, Alabama 95-59
L, Oral Roberts 84-70
Liberty vs Quad 2: 1-2
L, Northwestern 66-52
L, Southern Miss 76-72
W, Bradley 55-44
Liberty vs Quad 3: 3-2
W, Bryant 82-62
L, Eastern Kentucky 62-59
W, Jacksonville 66-52
W, FGCU 74-57
L, Lipscomb 69-64
Liberty vs Quad 4: 12-0
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, Stetson 74-45
W, Austin Peay 82-70
