2026–27 season
Liberty
Flames · CUSA
- Record
- 1–1
- Unranked in the AP poll
- Projected seed
- Out
- Outside the projected field
- Efficiency
- +3.4
- No. 115 in Division I
- Head coach
- Ritchie McKay
- Since 2015–16
- Home
- Lynchburg, VA
- 5,864 mi from Detroit
- National titles
- 0
- Still chasing the first
Statistical profile
Percentiles compare this team with all 345 Division I teams. 100th is best in every row, including defense, where lower raw numbers are better: green bars are the top of the country, red the bottom, blue a style (pace, three-point rate) rather than a strength. Season totals include tournament games. Opponent-adjusted efficiency and schedule strength appear after 8 games; until then they swing too much to mean anything.
Efficiency
Scoring & shooting
Possessions
Defense & roster
Strengths and weaknesses
Flagged automatically when a stat sits in the top or bottom 15% of all 345 Division I teams.
- StrengthProtects the ballTurnover rate: 13.0%90th
Tournament history
Every NCAA tournament appearance since 2002, with who Liberty beat and who ended the run.
Appearances
5
Record
1–5
Sweet 16s
0
Final Fours
0
Titles
0
- 202512Round of 64Lost to 5 Oregon 81–52. Bracket
- 202113Round of 64Lost to 4 Oklahoma St 69–60. Bracket
- 201912Round of 32Beat 5 Mississippi St. Lost to 4 Virginia Tech 67–58. Bracket
- 201316First FourLost to 16 NC A&T 73–72. Bracket
- 200416Round of 64Lost to 1 Saint Joseph's 82–63. Bracket
Roster
Season per-game stats for every player who appeared.
- Leading scorer
- Zander Carter
- 17.5 ppg
- Tallest
- TJ Drain
- 6′9″
- Best at the line
- —
- —
- Longest in program
- Zander Carter
- 2 seasons
| Player | WT | Yrs | GP | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4Dillon Claussen · Omaha, NE | 6′9″ | 225 | 1 | 1 | 33.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.9 |
| 11Eli Sancomb · Wheeling, WV | 6′5″ | 195 | 1 | 2 | 30.0 | 12.0 | 7.5 | 4.5 | 14.3 | 100.0 | 23.7 |
| 1Zander CarterGuard · Greenup, KY | 6′6″ | 200 | 2 | 2 | 27.5 | 17.5 | 6.5 | 3.5 | 62.5 | 0.0 | 24.2 |
| 2Eli Herbert · Grain Valley, MO | 6′5″ | 195 | 1 | 2 | 24.5 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 1.5 | 15.4 | 50.0 | 16.3 |
| 3Cooper CampbellGuard · Puyallup, WA | 6′1″ | 195 | 1 | 2 | 23.5 | 13.0 | 1.5 | 3.5 | 42.9 | 75.0 | 24.5 |
| 28Osmar Garcia-Araujo · Caracas, Venezuela | 6′6″ | 240 | 1 | 1 | 17.0 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 12.4 |
| 32Matthew Shelton · Hillsboro, VA | 6′3″ | 200 | 1 | 2 | 17.0 | 5.5 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 10.4 |
| 21Ryan Jones Jr.Forward · Gainesville, FL | 6′9″ | 245 | 2 | 2 | 13.5 | 7.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 57.1 | 0.0 | 20.6 |
| 10Cobi CampbellGuard · Puyallup, WA | 6′2″ | 195 | 1 | 2 | 13.5 | 9.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 37.5 | 100.0 | 28.9 |
| 30Reece Davidson · London, KY | 6′7″ | 225 | 1 | 2 | 11.5 | 5.0 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 15.4 |
| 15Drew GrimesForward · Goldsboro, NC | 6′9″ | 220 | 2 | 2 | 7.5 | 3.5 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 30.0 |
| 24Brady KesterForward · Huntersville, NC | 6′9″ | 225 | 2 | 1 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 28.4 |
| 23TJ DrainForward · Windermere, FL | 6′9″ | 230 | 2 | 1 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11.8 |
| 20Torr SorensenForward · Goode, VA | 6′7″ | 215 | 2 | 1 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 11.8 |
| 8Sean Register Jr. · Cleveland, OH | 6′7″ | 210 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Yrs = seasons with this program (transfers count from their arrival). Headshots appear once rights-cleared images are available.
Season schedule
Every game with consensus closing lines (median across sportsbooks) and against-the-spread results.
ATS overall
0–1
ATS as favorite
0–0
ATS as underdog
0–1
ATS neutral court
0–1
ATS vs. tournament teams
0–0
ATS vs. ranked teams
0–0
Over / under
0–1
| Date | Opponent | Result | Spread | Total | ATS | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 1 | Nhigh-point | L57–72 | +8.25 | 155.5 | Miss | Under |
| Nov 7 | vsBOYBoyce | W113–54 | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 13 | vsNC North Carolina Central | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 17 | NS ISouthern Illinois | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 20 | NRHORhode Island | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 22 | NRICRichmond | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 25 | NPRIPrinceton | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 27 | NST St. Thomas-Minnesota15 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 28 | @UNCUNC Wilmington | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 5 | vsCHRChristendom | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 11 | vsKENKentucky Christian | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 17 | vsCOPCoppin State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 19 | vsDAYDayton | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 22 | vsMD Maryland Eastern Shore | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 2 | vsDELDelaware | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 7 | @FIUFlorida International | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 9 | @MISMissouri State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 14 | vsMTSUMiddle Tennessee | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 16 | vsWESWestern Kentucky | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 21 | @JAXJacksonville State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 23 | @KSUKennesaw State14 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 28 | vsSAMSam Houston | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 30 | vsNEWNew Mexico State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 4 | vsMISMissouri State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 6 | vsFIUFlorida International | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 11 | @WESWestern Kentucky | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 13 | @MTSUMiddle Tennessee | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 18 | vsKSUKennesaw State14 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 20 | vsJAXJacksonville State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 25 | @NEWNew Mexico State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 27 | @SAMSam Houston | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Mar 6 | @DELDelaware | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |