Liberty is currently 19-5 overall and 7-4 in CUSA. This puts the Flames tied for 2nd place in the conference standings with Middle Tennessee and two games behind Jacksonville State for first place.

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 108 bracket projections included in their listing. Liberty represents CUSA in 26 of those brackets, receiving either a 12 or 13-seed in all of those projections with an average seed of 12.46. The only other CUSA team included in these projections this week is Jacksonville State who is in 82 brackets with an average seed of 13.89.

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

  • 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 Michigan in Spokane.
  • Team Rankings has Liberty with a 34% chance of making the tournament, the highest odds of any CUSA team and the Flames earning a 12-seed. Jacksonville State, Middle Tennessee, Louisiana Tech, and Western Kentucky are the next most likely from CUSA, currently at a 12% chance each.

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 Jacksonville State representing CUSA as a 14-seed against 3-seed Texas Tech.
  • Jerry Palm and CBS Sports has Jacksonville State as a 14-seed and taking on 3-seed Michigan State.
  • Andy Katz has Jacksonville State as a 14-seed against 3-seed Michigan State.
  • Mike Decourcy of Fox Sports currently has Jacksonville State in the bracket as a 14-seed against 3-seed Marquette.
  • Blogging the Bracket has Jacksonville State in as a 14-seed against Marquette.