The regular season is over and Liberty is now competing in the ASUN Tournament. The Flames are currently at No. 40 in the updated NET rankings, that is up from where the Flames were ranked last week at No. 45.

Houston is currently ranked No. 1 in the NET, followed by Alabama, Tennessee, UCLA, Purdue, Kansas, Saint Mary’s, UConn, Gonzaga, and Texas. You can see the entire rankings here.

The Flames are the highest ranked team in the ASUN, followed by No. 119 Kennesaw State, No. 150 Stetson, No. 158 Lipscomb, No. 177 Eastern Kentucky, No. 180 FGCU,  No. 205 Queens, No. 229 North Alabama, No. 232 North Florida, No. 235 Jacksonville, No. 240 Jacksonville State, No. 260 Bellarmine No. 327 Austin Peay, and No. 332 Central Arkansas.

Let’s take a look at Liberty’s team sheet, which the Selection Committee started using to pick and seed teams a few years back. Each team’s wins are sorted into four quadrants using their opponent’s NET rankings:

  • Quadrant 1: Home 1-30; Neutral 1-50; Away 1-75
  • Quadrant 2: Home 31-75; Neutral 51-100; Away 76-135
  • Quadrant 3: Home 76-160; Neutral 101-200; Away 136-240
  • Quadrant 4: Home 161-plus; Neutral 201-plus; Away 241-plus

Liberty vs Quad 1: 0-3

L, Alabama 95-59
L, Oral Roberts 84-70
L, Northwestern 66-52

Liberty vs Quad 2: 1-1

W, Bradley 55-44
L, Kennesaw State 88-81

Liberty vs Quad 3: 7-3

L, Southern Miss 76-72
W, Bryant 82-62
L, Eastern Kentucky 62-59
W, Jacksonville 66-52
L, Lipscomb 69-64
W, Stetson 74-45
W, Lipscomb 77-48
W, Queens 85-77
W, North Florida 73-62
W, Jacksonville State 79-55

Liberty vs Quad 4: 13-0

W, Grambling State 75-56
W, NC Central 79-63
W, UMES 79-59
W, Delaware State 80-53
W, Bellarmine 70-54
W, Jacksonville State 75-41
W, North Alabama 72-48
W, Central Arkansas 82-62
W, Austin Peay 82-70
W, Bellarmine 70-50
W, Eastern Kentucky 83-73
W, FGCU 74-57
W, Queens 73-53