Liberty picked up a second straight win in its only game of the week, winning at FIU on Saturday evening. In the win, Ritchie McKay became the program leader in wins as a head coach as the Flames improved to 16-4 on the season and 4-3 in conference play. The Flames stay on the road this week play at Kennesaw State and Jacksonville State. The Flames are currently at No. 77 in the updated NET rankings, up from last week’s ranking of No. 86.

Auburn is currently ranked No. 1 in the NET, followed by Duke, Houston, Tennessee, Florida, Iowa State, Alabama, Kansas, Purdue, and Illinois to round out the top 10. You can see the entire rankings here.

The Flames continue to be the highest ranked team in CUSA, followed by No. 98 Middle Tennessee, No. 120 Louisiana Tech, No. 126 Jacksonville State, No. 137 Western Kentucky, No. 141 UTEP, No. 158 Kennesaw State, No. 166 New Mexico State, No. 203 Sam Houston, and No. 252 FIU.

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: 0-0

N/A

Liberty vs Quad 2: 2-1

W, Charleston 68-47
W, McNeese 62-58
L, @ Louisiana Tech 79-74

Upcoming:
2/1 at Jacksonville State
3/6 at Middle Tennessee

Liberty vs Quad 3: 4-3

L, UTEP 72-70
W, @ Sam Houston 76-68
W, Middle Tennessee 73-63
L, Western Kentucky 71-70
L, FAU 77-74 OT
W, Kansas State 67-65
W, Seattle U 66-64

Upcoming:
1/30 at Kennesaw State
2/6 vs Louisiana Tech
2/13 at New Mexico State
2/15 at UTEP
2/27 vs Jacksonville State
3/2 vs Kennesaw State
3/8 at Western Kentucky

Liberty vs Quad 4: 7-0

W, Valpo 83-63
W, Louisiana 89-69
W, MVSU 89-52
W, North Carolina A&T 83-74
W, UT Arlington 79-56
W, New Mexico State 68-60
W, 82-59 at FIU

Upcoming:
2/8 vs Sam Houston
2/22 vs FIU