Liberty Flames basketball
men's college basketball team at Liberty University
The Liberty Flames men's basketball team is the men's basketball team that represents Liberty University. They play their home games at Liberty Arena and are members of the Conference USA, having moved there in July 2023 after 5 seasons in the ASUN. The Flames have appeared six times in the NCAA tournament, most recently in 2025.
History
The Liberty men's basketball program began in 1972 under head coach Dan Manley. Liberty University is the second-youngest school in NCAA Division I, founded in 1971 (Florida Gulf Coast University was founded in 1991 with instruction starting in 1997).
The Flames finished 13–14 in their inaugural season. As Liberty Baptist College, Liberty won the 1980 National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA) national championship against Point Loma College (68–65), surviving a double-overtime thriller 64–62 against The King's College (NY) Purple Knights in the Eastern Regional final, in front of a standing-room-only home crowd of 7,500 in Lynchburg.
Liberty has reached the post-season 12 times in its NCAA Division I history. The Flames fell to UNC (71–51) in the first round of the 1994 NCAA tournament after winning the Big South tournament. Liberty lost to St. Joseph's (82–63) in the 2004 NCAA tournament after crushing High Point (89–44) to claim its second Big South Conference Tournament Championship.
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