2020–21 Liberty Flames basketball team explained

Mode:Basketball
Sex:none
Year:2020–21
Prev Year:2019-20
Next Year:2021–22
Team:Liberty Flames
Conference:ASUN Conference
Short Conf:ASUN
Record:23–6
Conf Record:11–2
Hc Year:6th (8th overall)
Asst Coach1:Brad Soucie
Ac1 Year:6th (8th)
Asst Coach2:Derek Johnston
Ac2 Year:3rd
Asst Coach3:Joe Pierre III
Ac3 Year:1st
Champion:Atlantic Sun regular season and tournament champions
Bowl Result:first round

The 2020–21 Liberty Flames men's basketball team represented Liberty University in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team plays its home games in Lynchburg, Virginia for the inaugural season at Liberty Arena, with a capacity of 4,000. The team was led by Ritchie McKay, who was in the sixth season of his current stint as head coach and eighth overall. Liberty was a third-year member of the ASUN Conference. They finished the season 23-6, 11-2 in ASUN Play to finish in ASUN regular season champions. They defeated Kennesaw State, Stetson, and North Alabama to be champions of the ASUN tournament. They received the ASUN’s automatic bid to the NCAA tournament where they lost in the first round to Oklahoma State.

Previous season

The Flames finished the 2019–20 season 30–4, 13–3 in ASUN play to finish in first place in their third season in the ASUN. They defeated NJIT, Stetson, and Lipscomb in the championship game to win the ASUN tournament.

The team officially qualified for the NCAA tournament but it was cancelled as a result of the global pandemic.

Departures

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes
0 255 Graduated
1 205 Graduated
11 170 Graduated
31 235 Graduated
sortnameBrandon Newton 55 235 Transferred to Trevecca Nazarene

Roster

Schedule and results

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2020-21 Season Men's Basketball Schedule | Liberty Flames. www.liberty.edu.