Following the team’s 7-1 start in ASUN play and sweep in Jacksonville, the Liberty Flames are currently at No. 53 in the updated NET rankings, that is up from where the Flames were ranked last week at No. 69.
Houston is currently ranked No. 1 in the NET, followed by Tennessee, Alabama, Purdue, UCLA, Saint Mary’s, UConn, Kansas, Texas, and Iowa State. You can see the entire rankings here.
The Flames are the highest ranked team in the ASUN, followed by No. 131 Kennesaw State, No. 143 FGCU, No. 151 Stetson, No. 165 Eastern Kentucky, No. 175 Lipscomb, No. 184 Jacksonville, No. 207 Queens, No. 260 Bellarmine, No. 286 North Florida, No. 297 North Alabama, No. 304 Austin Peay, No. 309 Jacksonville State, and No. 330 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: 0-3
L, Alabama 95-59
L, Oral Roberts 84-70
L, Northwestern 66-52
Liberty vs Quad 2: 1-1
L, Southern Miss 76-72
W, Bradley 55-44
Liberty vs Quad 3: 2-1
W, Bryant 82-62
L, Eastern Kentucky 62-59
W, Jacksonville 66-52
Liberty vs Quad 4: 10-0
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
