2023–24 Liberty Flames basketball team explained

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.

Previous season

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.

Offseason

Departures

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure
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

Incoming transfers

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous college
3 G 5'11" 180 RS Junior Bowling Green
10 F 6'7" 225 RS Sophomore Creighton

2025 recruiting class

Schedule and results

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Notes and References

  1. News: Schedule. Liberty Flames. July 21, 2023. en.