Liberty Men's Basketball 2025 NCAA Tournament Capsule

 
Liberty Flames
 
Conference USA (28-6, 13-5)
 
 
Big Wins: 11/25 McNeese (62-58), 3/6 at Middle Tennessee (86-81)
Bad Losses: 1/2 Western Kentucky (70-71), 1/16 UTEP (70-72)
Coach: Ritchie McKay
 
Probable Starters:
Owen Aquino, Junior, Forward, 8.8 ppg, 5.6 rpg, 2.1 apg, 1.1 bpg
Zach Cleveland, Junior, Forward, 11.0 ppg, 5.1 apg, 6.3 rpg
Colin Porter, Junior, Guard, 9.3 ppg, 4.3 apg, 1.6 spg
Jayvon Maughmer, Senior, Guard, 8.8 ppg, 1.5 apg, 4.4 rpg
Kaden Metheny, Senior, Guard, 13.5 ppg, 2.0 apg
 
Key Role Players:
Zander Yates, Junior, Forward, 3.2 ppg, 1.2 rpg
Taelon Peter, Senior, Guard, 13.9 ppg, 1.1 apg, 4.1 rpg
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 76.2 (113th in nation, 2nd in conference)
Scoring Defense: 62.3 (9, 1)
Field-Goal Percentage: 48.8 (16, 1)
Field-Goal Defense: 39.9 (15, 2)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 10.4 (18, 1)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 38.0 (19, 2)
Free-Throw Percentage: 66.2 (329, 10)
Rebound Margin: -0.8 (249, 8)
Assists Per Game: 16.6 (29, 1)
Turnovers Per Game: 10.2 (35, 2)
 
Recent Postseason Appearances:
 
2023NITFirst Round win over Villanova
2023NITSecond Round loss to Wisconsin
2021NCAARound of 64 loss to Oklahoma State
2019NCAARound of 64 win over Mississippi State
2019NCAARound of 32 loss to Virginia Tech
2018CITFirst Round win over North Carolina A&T
2018CITQuarterfinal win over Central Michigan
2018CITSemifinal loss to Illinois Chicago
2017CITFirst Round win over Norfolk State
2017CITSecond Round win over Samford
2017CITQuarterfinal loss to UMBC
2013NCAAOpening Round loss to North Carolina A&T
2009CITFirst Round win over Rider
2009CITSecond Round loss to James Madison
2004NCAARound of 64 loss to St. Joseph's
1994NCAARound of 64 loss to North Carolina
 
*all team stats through 3/9