Liberty seeks its 3rd ever Big South Tournament Championship and NCAA Tournament appearance this week in Myrtle Beach. What you need to know about the Big South Tournament:
- This is the first time the Big South has had 12 participating members and 2 divisions competing in the postseason tournament.
- Liberty is 17-19 in the Big South Tournament all-time.
- The Flames won the Big South Tournament Championship in 1994 and 2004.
- Dale Layer is 0-3 all-time in the Big South Tournament as Liberty has been eliminated the last 3 seasons in the 1st round of the tournament.
- In the last 8 seasons, Liberty has been eliminated in the 1st round 6 times.
- The Flames have not reached the finals of the tournament since 2004.
- John Caleb Sanders has 19 points in 2 tournament games.
- Liberty and Coastal have not met in the Big South Tournament since the 2004 season when Liberty defeated Coastal 88-73 in the semifinals.
- Liberty is 3-0 against Coastal all-time in the Big South Tournament with all 3 wins coming when Randy Dunton was head coach (1998, 2003, 2004).
- The Flames defeated the Chanticleers 64-56 on January 12th in the teams only matchup this season.
- Liberty is 11-12 all-time against Coastal Carolina in Conway with the Flames last win coming in 2009 in head coach Ritchie McKay’s final season at the helm for Liberty.
