The Liberty Flames improved to 20-5 overall and 11-2 in ASUN play following Saturday’s win at Bellarmine in a virtual regular season championship game. With the win, Liberty won its third straight regular season title in the ASUN and has earned the 1-seed in this week’s ASUN Tournament. The Flames continue to be the overwhelming favorite to win the league’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
The NCAA recently announced it will hold the entire 2021 men’s basketball tournament in the state of Indiana, with the majority of the tournament’s 67 games taking place in Indianapolis. Selection Sunday is still currently scheduled for March 14 and plans remain to hold the Final Four on April 3 and 5. March Madness will be hosted by Ball State, Butler, the Horizon League, Indiana, IUPUI, and Purdue, which are lending their facilities and staffs to assist with tournament operations. The Indiana Convention Center will be used as a practice facility with multiple courts set up inside the venue.
ESPN’s Joe Lunardi has moved Liberty up to a 13-seed after two weeks as a 14-seed. This week, he has the Flames facing 4-seed Oklahoma State with the winner facing either Colorado or the First Four winner of Xavier and Georgia Tech.
For a fourth straight week, the NCAA’s Andy Katz has Liberty in his bracket as a 14-seed and facing Kansas this week with the winner moving on to play the winner of Virginia Tech and St. Bonaventure.
CBS Sports has bumped the Flames up to a 13-seed from the 14 line and facing 4-seed Kansas. The winner would then face either Creighton or the First Four winner of VCU and Drake.
Watch Stadium has bumped Liberty up to a 14-seed after two weeks on the 15 line. This projection also has the Flames facing Kansas, who is a 3-seed in this projection.
SBNation has Liberty as a 13-seed and facing 4-seed Creighton.
BracketMatrix.com currently has the Flames as a 14-seed while being projected into the field by 133 of the 134 bracket projections ranging from an 13 to a 16 seed with an average of 13.83.
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