Liberty Lady Flames
2023–24 Liberty Lady Flames basketball team
UniversityLiberty University
Head coachCarey Green (15th season)
ConferenceC-USA
LocationLynchburg, Virginia
ArenaLiberty Arena (primary)
Vines Center
(Capacity: 4,000 (Liberty Arena)
8,085 (Vines Center))
NicknameLady Flames
Student sectionThe Furnace
ColorsRed, white, and blue[1]
     
Uniforms
Home jersey
Team colours
Home
Away jersey
Team colours
Away
Alternate jersey
Team colours
Alternate
NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen
2005
NCAA tournament second round
2005
NCAA tournament appearances
1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2018
Conference tournament champions
1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2018
Conference regular season champions
1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2018

The Liberty Lady Flames basketball team is the women's basketball team that represents Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia in NCAA Division I play. As of the next college basketball season in 2023–24, the Lady Flames compete in Conference USA (C-USA). They are currently coached by Carey Green.[2]

History

Liberty was founded in 1971 as Lynchburg Baptist College, making it the second-youngest institution in NCAA Division I (only Florida Gulf Coast University, founded in 1991, is younger).[lower-alpha 1] While men's basketball began play a year later, women's basketball did not start play until 1975, the same year in which the school changed its name to Liberty Baptist College and joined the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). In 1980, LBC joined the NCAA as a Division II member while retaining its NAIA membership. In 1983, LBC gave up its NAIA membership and moved full-time to D-II. They were members of the East Coast Athletic Conference (for a brief amount of time in 1983) and the Mason-Dixon Athletic Conference (1983–88) in their time in Division II. During that time, LBC adopted its current name of Liberty University in 1985.

Liberty joined Division I in 1988, followed by a move to the Big South Conference in 1991. After a 5–22 season in 1995–96, the Lady Flames went 22–8 the next year while running the table and winning the Big South championship, their first ever conference title in history along with the bid to go to the NCAA tournament; they were beaten by Old Dominion 102–52 in the first round. The following year, they set the school record for most wins in program history along with a second straight Big South Tournament title and NCAA appearance with an undefeated regular season and wins in the conference tournament to go 28–0 before a loss to Tennessee 102–58 in the first round of the NCAA tournament (they tied the record for wins in 2008, going 28–4, including a Big South title). They have won just two NCAA Tournament games (2005), advancing to the Sweet Sixteen as a #13 seed after beating Penn State 78–70 and DePaul 88–79 before losing to #1 LSU 90–48 in the regional semifinals. They have also made an appearance in the WNIT (2016), losing to Villanova 67–51 in the first round. As of the end of the 2015–16 season, the Lady Flames have an all-time record of 674–469.[3][4][5][6]

NCAA tournament results

Year Seed Round Opponent Result
1997 #16First round#1 Old DominionL 52-102
1998 #16First round#1 TennesseeL 58-102
1999 #14First round#3 GeorgiaL 52-73
2000 #14First round#3 LSUL 54-77
2001 #15First round#2 GeorgiaL 48-77
2002 #14First round#3 South CarolinaL 61-69
2003 #13First round#4 VanderbiltL 44-54
2004 #14First round#3 GeorgiaL 53-78
2005 #13First round
Second Round
Sweet Sixteen		#4 Penn State
#5 DePaul
#1 LSU		W 78-70
W 88-79
L 48-90
2006 #13First round#4 DePaulL 43-68
2008 #12First round#5 Old DominionL 62-82
2009 #14First round#3 LouisvilleL 42-62
2010 #13First round#4 KentuckyL 77-83
2012 #16First round#1 Notre DameL 43-74
2013 #13First round#4 PurdueL 43-77
2018 #14First round#3 TennesseeL 60-100

Footnotes

  1. ↑ While two other Division I members were officially founded after Florida Gulf Coast, both inherited their athletic programs from predecessor institutions that were D-I members:

References

  1. ↑ "Brand Colors" (PDF). Liberty University Branding Guide. Retrieved January 1, 2024.
  2. ↑ "Team Page - Liberty Flames". www.liberty.edu.
  3. ↑ "Team history" (PDF). www.liberty.edu. Retrieved 2020-06-24.
  4. ↑ "Year by Year results" (PDF). www.liberty.edu. Retrieved 2020-06-24.
  5. ↑ "Records" (PDF). www.liberty.edu. Retrieved 2020-06-24.
  6. ↑ "Coaching records" (PDF). www.liberty.edu. Retrieved 2020-06-24.


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