Following the team’s 9-1 start in ASUN play and winners of six straight, the Liberty Flames are currently at No. 45 in the updated NET rankings, that is up from where the Flames were ranked last week at No. 53.
Houston is currently ranked No. 1 in the NET, followed by Tennessee, Purdue, Alabama, UCLA, Saint Mary’s, UConn, Kansas, Texas, and Arizona. You can see the entire rankings here.
The Flames are the highest ranked team in the ASUN, followed by No. 122 Kennesaw State, No. 146 FGCU, No. 164 Stetson, No. 172 Eastern Kentucky, No. 189 Jacksonville, No. 192 Lipscomb, No. 196 Queens, No. 260 Bellarmine, No. 263 North Alabama, No. 290 Jacksonville State, No. 295 North Florida, No. 321 Austin Peay, and No. 327 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
L, Southern Miss 76-72
W, Bradley 55-44
Liberty vs Quad 3: 3-1
W, Bryant 82-62
L, Eastern Kentucky 62-59
W, Jacksonville 66-52
W, FGCU 74-57
Liberty vs Quad 4: 11-0
W, Grambling State 75-56
W, NC Central 79-63
W, UMES 79-59
W, Delaware State 80-53
W, Bellarmine 70-54
W, Lipscomb 77-48
W, Jacksonville State 75-41
W, North Alabama 72-48
W, Central Arkansas 82-62
W, North Florida 73-62
W, Stetson 74-45
