army56mike
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2019-20 Basketball Season
Liberty accepts invitation to the Bahamas Showcase, 22-24 Nov. Our first opponent will be Morgan St. followed by either Rice or Milwaukee. Other teams in the tourny are UMKC, George Washington, Evansville, and ECU.
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04-26-2019 07:39 AM |
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RE: 2019-20 Basketball Season
What an underwhelming group of schools. Are we the only NCAA tournament team from last year to be in the event? We should definitely be favored right?
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04-26-2019 09:20 AM |
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RE: 2019-20 Basketball Season
(04-26-2019 09:20 AM)GE and MTS Wrote: What an underwhelming group of schools. Are we the only NCAA tournament team from last year to be in the event? We should definitely be favored right?
Absolutely we should be favored
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04-27-2019 08:35 AM |
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army56mike
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RE: 2019-20 Basketball Season
(04-26-2019 09:20 AM)GE and MTS Wrote: What an underwhelming group of schools. Are we the only NCAA tournament team from last year to be in the event? We should definitely be favored right?
Well, at least they are division 1 games and all winnable.
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04-27-2019 03:14 PM |
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RE: 2019-20 Basketball Season
I know I ask this every season, but when does the basketball schedule come out? August?
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05-10-2019 07:42 AM |
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RE: 2019-20 Basketball Season
Yep, add LSU, Navy and Radford to the schedule.
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05-10-2019 10:28 PM |
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07-09-2019 01:51 PM |
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RE: 2019-20 Basketball Season
(07-09-2019 01:51 PM)Keswick_Crusaders_Forever51 Wrote: Liberty released their ASUN Conference Schedule for the 19-20 season:
http://www.liberty.edu/flames/index.cfm?...2&teamID=6
1/2 - @FGCU
1/4 - @NJIT
1/9 - UNA
1/11 - JU
1/18 - Lipscomb
1/23 - @UNF
1/25 - @Stetson
1/30 - KSU
2/1 - FGCU
2/6 - @JU
2/8 - @UNA
2/15 - NJIT
2/20 - UNF
2/22 - Stetson
2/27 - @KSU
3/1 - @Lipscomb
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07-09-2019 01:51 PM |
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RE: 2019-20 Basketball Season
Liberty released their OOC schedule officially:
https://www.liberty.edu/flames/index.cfm...7&teamID=6
Nov 8 - Radford
Nov 10 - Maryland East Shore
Nov 12 - South Carolina State
Nov 16 - @ ECU
Nov 19 - Navy
Nov 22 - @ Bahamas Showcase (Morgan St)
Nov 23 - @ Bahamas Showcase (Rice/Milwaukee)
Nov 24 - @ Bahamas Showcase (TBD)
Nov 29 - Kentucky Christian
Dec 2 - Trinity Baptist College
Dec 8 - @ HOF Jerry Colangelo Classic (GCU)
Dec 14 - @ Vanderbilt
Dec 20 - @ Battle for the Capital (Towson)
Dec 21 - @ Battle for the Capital (Tulane/Akron)
Dec 29 - @ LSU
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07-18-2019 02:00 PM |
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RE: 2019-20 Basketball Season
The home schedule leaves a lot to be desired. I hate the non-Division I games. LSU, Vanderbilt, ECU, and Radford are most exciting. Looks pretty winnable. Hopefully we do enough to earn an at-large NCAA tournament bid so we don't have to win the conference tournament.
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RE: 2019-20 Basketball Season
(07-18-2019 09:05 PM)GE and MTS Wrote: The home schedule leaves a lot to be desired. I hate the non-Division I games. LSU, Vanderbilt, ECU, and Radford are most exciting. Looks pretty winnable. Hopefully we do enough to earn an at-large NCAA tournament bid so we don't have to win the conference tournament.
It's possible that our win in the tourney plus a close loss to V Tech may have led some schools to pause about playing us. Only 2 non-D1 matchups excites me, especially considering how many we've had in the past.
Excited for Radford & Navy to come in & play us on our home court.
This does seem like it's our conference to lose this year, so I'm excited to see what happens!
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07-19-2019 07:04 AM |
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RE: 2019-20 Basketball Season
The schedule is favorable. Not a lot of sexiness but should win a lot of games. I think the D2 games are fine. The don’t count to the Ken Rankings so they make more sense if we lost to them as opposed to the worst D1 school.
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07-19-2019 04:11 PM |
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RE: 2019-20 Basketball Season
I see.....
25-6 (14-2)
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07-20-2019 04:52 PM |
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RE: 2019-20 Basketball Season
Attendance at the Vines Center for 2018-2019 based on my calculations:
Non-conference portion of the schedule: 2,282
Conference regular season: 3,687
Conference tournament: 2,029
Conference regular season and tournament: 3,355
Entire season: 2,913
Based on the above, it looks like the A-Sun helps our average. I don't know how this compares to our time in the Big South though, nor do I know how the momentum of a strong season helped with attendance in the second half of the season. The conference tournament numbers are depressing but that may have something to do with outside factors; for example, I believe the Big South made students purchase tickets for conference tournament games which hurt attendance as they were free for students. Unless that any of that changed since I was last on campus.
This year, we have to get our attendance above 3,000 for the year and preferably above 3,250 (about a 10% increase). We're coming off an NCAA tournament win. It hurts that Virginia and Virginia Tech both had excellent years last year but we can still carve out a niche for ourselves. Basketball requires much more support from the locals unlike football.
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07-26-2019 10:26 PM |
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RE: 2019-20 Basketball Season
(07-26-2019 10:26 PM)GE and MTS Wrote: Basketball requires much more support from the locals unlike football.
Why?
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07-27-2019 07:31 AM |
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(07-27-2019 07:31 AM)army56mike Wrote: (07-26-2019 10:26 PM)GE and MTS Wrote: Basketball requires much more support from the locals unlike football.
Why?
Basketball games are during the week. People won't come and tailgate for basketball like it is acceptable for football. Football typically only has six home games making each one special, especially the home opener and homecoming. Basketball just doesn't have anything like that unless you are one of the top brands like UNC, Duke, etc. Plus, there is increased competition with so many more schools with basketball that don't have football.
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09-11-2019 09:38 PM |
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RE: 2019-20 Basketball Season
(09-11-2019 09:38 PM)army56mike Wrote: Dude!!! We are preseason ranked #21 and Caleb Holmsley is ranked the 17th best player in the nation. Hot Dog!!!
https://www.aseaofred.com/liberty-ranked...on-top-25/
Awesome! Now we just have to live up to the hype! Based on our history, easier said than done. But I am really excited for this season and feel it can be even more special than last year but we have to take care of business.
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09-11-2019 09:40 PM |
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RE: 2019-20 Basketball Season
Two home victories are favorable. Lots to be optimistic about. True test will be some tough road contests. Freshmen playing in closing moments of a close game is a great sign.
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11-11-2019 03:21 PM |
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