Mode: | basketball |
Sex: | none |
Year: | 2023–24 |
Prev Year: | 2022–23 |
Team: | Liberty Flames |
Conference: | Conference USA |
Short Conf: | C-USA |
Record: | 18–14 |
Conf Record: | 7–9 |
Head Coach: | Ritchie McKay |
Hc Year: | 9th, 11th overall |
Assoc Coach: | Rob Jones |
Asst Coach2: | Derek Johnston |
Asst Coach3: | Joe Pierre III |
Stadium: | Liberty Arena |
Champion: | Myrtle Beach Invitational champions |
The 2023–24 Liberty Flames basketball team represents Liberty University in the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Flames are led by Ritchie McKay in the ninth season of his current stint as head coach (11th overall). They play their home games at Liberty Arena in Lynchburg, Virginia as first-year members of Conference USA.
The Flames finished the 2022–23 season 24–7, 15–2 in 2022–23 ASUN Play to tie for first place in conference standings. They defeated Bellarmine and Eastern Kentucky before losing to Kennesaw State in the champion title match in the ASUN tournament. They received an at-large bid to the NIT tournament where they defeated Villanova in the first round before losing to Wisconsin in the second round.
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure | |
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2 | G | 5'9" | 180 | RS Senior | Graduated/undrafted in 2023 NBA draft; signed with the Indiana Pacers | |||
3 | G | 6'5" | 180 | Junior | Transferred to Howard | |||
4 | G | 6'0" | 160 | Senior | Walk-on; graduated | |||
11 | G | 6'4" | 180 | Junior | Transferred to UT Tyler | |||
32 | F | 6'9" | 230 | RS Senior | Graduated transferred to Northwestern |
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous college | |
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3 | G | 5'11" | 180 | RS Junior | Bowling Green | |||
10 | F | 6'7" | 225 | RS Sophomore | Creighton |
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