Liberty is currently 28-6 overall and 13-5 in CUSA. This puts the Flames atop the conference standings, having earned the regular season title and No. 1 seed in this past week’s CUSA Tournament. The Flames sweep both the regular season and tournament titles in the 9th best conference in the league. Not a bad season at all.
Now Liberty heads to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2021 and for the 7th time in school history. With a strong non-conference season, the Flames have put themselves in good position in terms of Bracketology and where Liberty could be seeded. We will learn where the Flames will be seeded and who, want, and when they will play later today for Selection Sunday which begins at 6 p.m. Eastern on CBS. Here’s one final look at where the Flames are currently being pegged:
BracketMatrix does a great job of compiling everyone who makes bracket projections into one location. Currently, BracketMatrix has 106 bracket projections included in their listing. Liberty is receiving either a 12 or 13-seed in all of those projections and an average seed of 12.05.
Here’s a roundup of where the Flames are being projected to play in the NCAA Tournament by several outlets:
- Jerry Palm and CBS Sports has Liberty as a 12-seed and taking on 5-seed Ole Miss in Denver.
- Haslametrics has Liberty as a 12-seed in their projection.
- Bart Torvik has Liberty as a 12-seed in its projection.
- Rotowire currently has the Flames as a 12-seed playing 5-seed Louisville in Denver.
- Team Rankings has the Flames earning a 12-seed.
- ESPN’s Joe Lunardi has Liberty representing CUSA as a 12-seed against 5-seed Oregon in Seattle.
- Mike Decourcy of Fox Sports currently has Liberty in the bracket as a 12-seed playing 5-seed Clemson.
- Blogging the Bracket has Liberty in as a 12-seed against 5-seed Oregon in Seattle.
