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From a major Texan fishwrap:

Give me Liberty

Last year, little Marist made a big impression in the NCAA Tournament. The Red Foxes, a 13th seed, reached the Sweet Sixteen before losing to eventual champion Tennessee.

Marist is making noise again this season, going 21-2 and 11-0 in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.

But this year's surprise team could be Liberty.

The Lady Flames are 20-2 and 5-0 in the Big South, winning their conference games by an average of 22.6 points. Liberty is 25th in the latest RPI (at realtimerpi.com), and is 2-1 vs. RPI Top 50 teams, beating Xavier and James Madison. Their losses were at Virginia Tech and North Carolina, and both games were close until the closing minutes.

Liberty is in the top 20 nationally in five statistical categories, including fourth in field-goal percentage defense, at 34.2 percent.

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After the Radford game, the Lady Flames are now No. 2 in the nation in field goal percentage defense. Opponents are only shooting 33.9 percent against us, and we’ve held 41 straight opponents below 50 percent, dating back to last year. The only team ahead of us in the category is UConn, at 31.5 percent.

Additionally, the Lady Flames have gradually climbed up the rebounding margin chart and now sit seventh, averaging 9.8 more rebounds per contest than our opponents.

[TheAdvisor]

And Look, we're doing it with out a 6-8 center! I wonder if the two teams played each other, which one would win?

[jcmanson]

The Sweet 16 team! Megan is great, but Katie was unstoppable.

But this sure is a great year the team has put together so far. We just need to keep on winning!

[gymrat.chic]

That would be interesting to see Alison, Egle, and Courtney play themselves! Lol hahaha