Liberty basketball has had one of its best starts to the season through 21 games in program history with a record of 18-3 overall. It’s the second best start in the history of the program, only trailing the 2019-20 team which began the year at 19-2 through 21 games. The 10-0 conference record is the best start to league play in program history.
With such a strong start to the year, just how good can the team’s final record be? We turn to analytics to help gauge what could lie ahead for this Flames’ team.
According to KenPom, Liberty is projected to finish the regular season at 26-5 overall and 18-2 in CUSA play, meaning the Flames would go 8-2 the rest of the way. This tool projects Liberty’s toughest remaining games to be Feb. 11’s trip to New Mexico State and the Feb. 26 road trip to Kennesaw State.
BartTorvik’s model projections the exact same thing for the Flames, finishing the regular season at 26-5 overall and 18-2 in conference play. It also has the road games to NMSU and Kennesaw as the toughest remaining games.
For now, Liberty has positioned itself firmly in the postseason conversation and in range of having one of the program’s best ever regular season records. Of course, all eyes will points to the CUSA Tournament in Huntsville, Alabama where the Flames will look to repeat as CUSA Champs. For now, the Flames will be looking to take it day by day and game by game looking to rack up the wins throughout the regular season. While it is the CUSA Tournament that holds the team’s NCAA Tournament hopes in its hands, the more wins Liberty can rack up the better in terms of potential seeding scenarios. Also, the Flames could work its way into the at-large conversation if it continues its winning streak and unblemished CUSA record. There’s obviously a lot of basketball left to be played as Liberty is just halfway through its league schedule.
