The 2020–21 Liberty Flames men's basketball team represented Liberty University in the

2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season The 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 25, 2020 and concluded on March 14, 2021. The 2021 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament culminated the season and began on March 18 and concluded on April 5. Season ...

. The team plays its home games in

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for the inaugural season at Liberty Arena, with a capacity of 4,000. The team was led by

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, who was in the sixth season of his current stint as head coach and eighth overall. Liberty was a third-year member of the

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. They finished the season 23-6, 11-2 in ASUN Play to finish in ASUN regular season champions. They defeated

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, and North Alabama to be champions of the ASUN tournament. They received the ASUN’s automatic bid to the NCAA tournament where they lost in the first round to Oklahoma State.

Previous season

The

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finished the 2019–20 season 30–4, 13–3 in ASUN play to finish in first place in their third season in the ASUN. They defeated NJIT,

, and Lipscomb in the championship game to win the ASUN tournament. The team officially qualified for the NCAA tournament but it was cancelled as a result of the global pandemic.

Departures

2020-21 Newcomers

Roster

*Roster is subject to change as/if players transfer or leave the program for other reasons.

Schedule and results

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References

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