Liberty is currently 15-4 overall and 3-3 in CUSA. This puts the Flames in 6th place in the conference standings but just 1.5 games out of first place. There is still a long ways to go as the Flames are just one-third of the way through the conference season.

With a strong non-conference season, the Flames have put themselves in good position in terms of Bracketology and where Liberty could be seeded if they reach the Big Dance. Of course, CUSA is a one-bid league and the only team that will advance to the NCAA Tournament is whoever wins three (or four) games in Huntsville in March, but Liberty is certainly one of the teams in the mix to represent the conference on that stage.

BracketMatrix does a great job of compiling everyone who makes bracket projections into one location. Currently, BracketMatrix has 74 bracket projections included in their listing. Liberty represents CUSA in 24 of those brackets, receiving either a 12 or 13-seed in all 24 of those projections with an average seed of 12.29. Other CUSA teams included in these projections this week include New Mexico State in 22 brackets with an average seed of 13.5, Middle Tennessee in 20 brackets with an average seed of 13.05, and UTEP in 8 brackets with an average seed of 13.38.

Here’s a roundup of where the Flames are being projected to play in the NCAA Tournament by several outlets:

  • Haslametrics has Liberty as the last 12-seed in their projection.
  • Bart Torvik has Liberty as the last 12-seed in its projection.
  • Rotowire currently has the Flames as a 12-seed playing 5-seed Michigan in Spokane.
  • Team Rankings has Liberty with a 32% chance of making the tournament, the highest odds of any CUSA team and the Flames earning a 12-seed. Middle Tennessee is the next most likely from CUSA, currently at a 16% chance.

Here is what some of the other more popular bracketologists are projecting for Conference USA currently (note: many of these simply take whoever is in first place in the standings of the one-bid leagues and don’t make projections as to who they think will win the auto-bid):

  • ESPN’s Joe Lunardi has Middle Tennessee representing CUSA as a 13-seed against 4-seed Illinois.
  • Jerry Palm and CBS Sports has Middle Tennessee as a 12-seed and taking on 5-seed Houston in Seattle.
  • Andy Katz has Middle Tennessee as a 13-seed against 4-seed Kentucky.
  • Mike Decourcy of Fox Sports currently has New Mexico State in the bracket as a 14-seed against 3-seed Kansas.
  • On3Sports has New Mexico State in the field as a 13-seed against 4-seed Michigan State.
  • Blogging the Bracket has New Mexico State in as a 13-seed against 4-seed Texas A&M.