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May 10, 2021 : By Jacob Couch - Office of Communications & Public Engagement Coming off a year that many desire to forget, when spring sports came to a halt and many fall sports were delayed, Liberty University Athletics has given Flames fans worldwide a spring sports season for the ages, adding seven conference titles — and counting — to the trophy case. In the Spring 2021 semester, all but one of Liberty’s 20 NCAA Athletics programs (football) competed as the university packed in almo...

1 of 8 Ronda Churchill/Associated Press Greg McDermott is back coaching Creighton after a brief suspension for racially insensitive comments. But either his team was actively protesting his reinstatement against Georgetown or it was just not ready to play as the Hoyas smacked the Bluejays, 73-48. That has the Bluejays in a bit of a rough spot heading into their first-round matchup against UC Santa Barbara, one of the best low-major teams in the country. In his Sunday writeup on the Gauchos, B/...

Kelley L Cox-USA TODAY Sports For the third consecutive year the Liberty Flames have won the ASUN Tournament, and with it, the conference’s March Madness auto bid. But this team is different from the previous iterations that made waves on the national stage. Can the 2020-21 squad reach similar heights? What’s New and What’s Still the Same? Gone are nearly all the major contributors from the 2018-19 team that won 29 games and pulled off the classic 12-5 upset over Mississippi State. The...

0 of 9 Michael Conroy/Associated Press The Midwest Region of the 2021 mens NCAA tournament is headlined by No. 1 Illinois, which learned it had secured a top seed just minutes after knocking off Ohio State in overtime in the Big Ten tournaments championship game. The Fighting Illini will need to navigate No. 2 Houston, No. 3 West Virginia, No. 4 Oklahoma State and a host of upset-minded lower seeds if they hope to reach the Final Four. For NBA fans, Oklahoma State freshman guard Cade Cunningham...

Conference: Big Ten. Bid: Automatic. Region: Midwest. Seed: No. 1. Tournament History: 40-31, 5 Final Fours in 30 appearances. Last appearance: 2013, lost to Miami in the Second Round. Season Stats Top Scorers: Ayo Dosunmu 20.9; Kofi Cockburn 17.6; Trent Frazier 10.4. Rebounds: Cockburn 9.6; Dosunmu 6.2; Avg team margin (plus-10.2). Assist/Turnover Ratio (1.23): Dosunmu (5.4/3.3), 135 assists. Last 10 Games: 9-1. Worst Loss: 72-81 at Michigan St. on Feb. 23. The Skinny: No. 3 Illinoi...

0 of 7 Paul Sancya/Associated Press Whos ready for another March of angrily tearing up your bracket before the dust settles on the first day of the NCAA tournament? The dreaded bracket-buster comes in many shapes and sizes. Sometimes a mid-major team pulls off an early upset as a double-digit seed. Other times, a major conference team gets hot to reach the Sweet 16 and beyond despite being seeded outside the top four lines. Weve highlighted seven teams that could fill the role of bracket-buster...

Liberty defeated Stetson, 77-64, Friday at UNF Arena, to advance to the ASUN Tournament championship game.

Play-by-Play Broadcaster: Alan York Liberty Notables Liberty has won 11 straight games, which is tied for the third longest winning streak in the country. Liberty is a perfect 8-0 in ASUN Tournament games. Liberty is trying to become the first program in ASUN history to win six ASUN championships in three consecutive years. Liberty is ahead of 19 Power Five schools in the NET Rankings. Liberty is trying to become the second team ever in ASUN Conference history to win three straight ASUN Tournam...

For the second straight season Liberty has gone unbeaten at home as the Flames completed the sweep over North Alabama, defeating the Lions 74-54. Liberty improves to 19-5 and 10-2 in conference while North Alabama drops to 10-10 and 6-8 in conference. With the win, Liberty moves into a tie for first place in the ASUN Conference with Bellarmine, setting up a showdown in Louisville, Ky. on Saturday, Feb. 27, against Bellarmine for the ASUN Regular Season Championship on ESPNU. With the win, Liber...

Liberty opens two-game series with North Alabama with 74-54 win Published Monday, Feb. 22, 2021, 3:37 pm Join AFPs 100,000+ followers on Facebook Purchase a subscription to AFP Subscribe to AFP podcasts on iTunes and Spotify News, press releases, letters to the editor: augustafreepress2@gmail.com Liberty honored its four seniors with a 74-54 win over North Alabama Monday afternoon at Liberty Arena, in a way that extends the Flames’ home winning streak to 35 games. Liberty (18-5, 9-2 ASUN) l...