NCAA Tournament March Madness

#91 Liberty

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Projected seed: 12 (automatic qualifier)

Liberty’s résumé pairs eye-opening road wins at Dayton and Western Kentucky and a gritty victory at Florida International with damaging neutral-site losses to Towson and Bradley and a humbling trip to NC State that will stick with committee members. Many of the other victories have come against low-end opponents such as Coppin State and Delaware which help the record but do little to boost profile, while a home win over New Mexico State and road success at MTSU show the team can close out league tests. The remaining schedule hands Liberty true road examinations at New Mexico State and UTEP along with winnable meetings with Florida International and Western Kentucky, so there are clear opportunities to add resume-enhancing results or to leave its résumé where it sits. That mixture of respectable mid-major scalps, conspicuous blemishes, and upcoming chances explains its current standing.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/7Col Charleston170W90-75
11/9FL Atlantic109W88-68
11/24(N)Vermont226W79-73
11/25(N)Towson173L72-69
11/26(N)Bradley136L74-64
12/6Coppin St364W92-50
12/10@NC State29L85-45
12/20@Dayton99W64-61
12/28@Florida Intl193W97-94
1/2Kennesaw168W81-73
1/4Jacksonville St184W78-69
1/8@Louisiana Tech238W72-56
1/10@Sam Houston St113W82-74
1/15New Mexico St171W73-71
1/17UTEP272W80-69
1/21@WKU167W76-69
1/24Delaware287W67-51
1/29@MTSU186W81-65
2/4@Delaware287W75-69
2/7Missouri St189W79-76
2/11@New Mexico St17162%
2/14@UTEP27280%
2/19Florida Intl19383%
2/21WKU16780%
2/26@Kennesaw16861%
2/28@Jacksonville St18463%
3/5Louisiana Tech23888%
3/7Sam Houston St11367%