[Ewglenn]

If you look at the season body of work for the two teams:

2004/05 Lady Flames
Record 26-7
Conference Record 13-1
Quality wins: 3 (Kansas State, Penn St, and DePaul )

2018/19 Flames
Record: 29-7
Conference Record: 14-2
Quality Wins: 3 (UCLA, Lipscomb, Mississippi State

I was there running the production for most of the Lady Flames run, but I would have to rank this past season's men's squad as better even though they only got to the second.round

We beat Lipscomb twice, but I would still say 3 quality wins. As much of a landmark as the UCLA win was, they weren't very good this year. and finished 120 in the NET. Count them, and IMHO you also need to count GA State, who finished 1 spot below them at 121.

Well the NET rankings were horrible so there’s that.

[Kricket]

Perhaps this team will be topped by next year's team. Lunardi already has LU as a 12 seed.

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basket ... acketology

[A Sea of Red]

BUMP

https://www.aseaofred.com/crowning-the- ... -all-time/

[A Sea of Red]

We're down to the Elite 8. Which team is the best Liberty team of all time?

https://www.aseaofred.com/best-liberty- ... m-elite-8/

[flameshaw]

Peter Aluma was a starter in 1994 as I remember. I know he was on the team that won the first BSC title and went to the NCAA's for the first time.

[A Sea of Red]

Peter Aluma was a starter in 1994 as I remember. I know he was on the team that won the first BSC title and went to the NCAA's for the first time.

Starters for each team were taken from here:
http://www.liberty.edu/media/1911/mensb ... ineups.pdf

[olldflame]

Peter Aluma was a starter in 1994 as I remember. I know he was on the team that won the first BSC title and went to the NCAA's for the first time.

Starters for each team were taken from here:
http://www.liberty.edu/media/1911/mensb ... ineups.pdf

I actually believe Peter came off the bench in his FR year. By the end of the year, and particularly in the BSC tourney where he was MVP, he was playing "starter's minutes", but he technically was not a starter.

[ballcoach15]

Best team of all time is either this year's team or last year's team. Hard to decide which. But I lean toward last year's because they won a tournament game, and I firmly believe had we played anyone but VT in 2nd round, we would have won again.

[flameshaw]

Peter Aluma was a starter in 1994 as I remember. I know he was on the team that won the first BSC title and went to the NCAA's for the first time.

Starters for each team were taken from here:
http://www.liberty.edu/media/1911/mensb ... ineups.pdf

I actually believe Peter came off the bench in his FR year. By the end of the year, and particularly in the BSC tourney where he was MVP, he was playing "starter's minutes", but he technically was not a starter.

Respect your sources, but PA started MOST of his games during his freshman year.

[flamehunter]

From the source, Liberty Athletics, Peter only started 2 games that year. That's the 2 after Fr.

1993-94 (18-12, 12-6 Big South)
Pos. Name (Ht., Cl., GS, PPG., RPG., FG%, FT%)
G Matt Hildebrand (6-3, Sr., 30, 18.1, 3.8, .429, .926)
G Chris Toomer (6-1, Sr., 27, 4.7, 2.3, .326, .519)
C Jason Dixon (6-9, Jr., 28, 13.7, 7.2, .566, .665)
F Darryl Williams (6-5, Sr., 22, 8.5, 5.0, .433, .531)
F Jody Chapman (6-8, Sr., 30, 8.4, 4.4, .452, .756)
Top Subs: Peter Aluma (6-10, Fr., 2, 7.6, 4.1, .546, .585)
Brett Anthony (6-2, Sr., 8, 4.6, 1.8, .369, .565)
Barry Taylor (6-6, So., 0, 3.0, 1.6, .400, .333)

[Cider Jim]

Starters for each team were taken from here:
http://www.liberty.edu/media/1911/mensb ... ineups.pdf

The only thing I would have liked to see added to his link was the names of the head coaches.

[olldflame]

Starters for each team were taken from here:
http://www.liberty.edu/media/1911/mensb ... ineups.pdf

I actually believe Peter came off the bench in his FR year. By the end of the year, and particularly in the BSC tourney where he was MVP, he was playing "starter's minutes", but he technically was not a starter.

Respect your sources, but PA started MOST of his games during his freshman year.

Gotta agree with Manson on this one flameshaw. To check from another source, go to the schedule for that season linked here.
https://www.liberty.edu/flames/index.cf ... easonID=96
Click on some of the box scores. Early in the season, he not only was not starting, he wasn't playing much. His PT grew as the season passed, and by the end of the year he was playing more than Jody Chapman, but Jody, who was a Senior, still started.

[A Sea of Red]

Final Four. Who do you have?

2020 vs 1994
2019 vs 2009

https://www.aseaofred.com/best-liberty- ... m-final-4/

[olldflame]

Seth and Smitty have both checked in on the twitter discussion of the 19 vs 09 game. Pretty cool.

[A Sea of Red]

Seth and Smitty have both checked in on the twitter discussion of the 19 vs 09 game. Pretty cool.

That was a lot of fun.

[A Sea of Red]

Championship game match - 2020 vs 2019

https://www.aseaofred.com/best-liberty- ... mpionship/

[A Sea of Red]

You picked 2020 as the best team of all-time

https://www.aseaofred.com/best-liberty- ... team-2020/

[thepostman]

Whoever these people are, are just wrong. There is no way you can say this team is better. Could they of been? Yes but we will never know.

The 2019 team is the best team ever. Their schedule was tougher and they won a game in the tourney.

The 2009 team was probably the most talented and had a ton of potential but we know how that turned out...

[Jonathan Carone]

2019 was absolutely better.

2009 is the ultimate what could’ve been because of Jesse’s ankle.

[Chippy]

Whoever these people are, are just wrong. There is no way you can say this team is better. Could they of been? Yes but we will never know.

The 2019 team is the best team ever. Their schedule was tougher and they won a game in the tourney.

The 2009 team was probably the most talented and had a ton of potential but we know how that turned out...

2019!! Had a better bench and more impressive wins. 2009 had no bench and heavily relied on freshmen with a win at UVA but also wins against Montreat, Coker, Anderson, and Cincinnati Christian, and 12-6 in BSC while losing BSC final by 20 points.

[Purple Haize]

Whoever these people are, are just wrong. There is no way you can say this team is better. Could they of been? Yes but we will never know.

The 2019 team is the best team ever. Their schedule was tougher and they won a game in the tourney.

The 2009 team was probably the most talented and had a ton of potential but we know how that turned out...

2019!! Had a better bench and more impressive wins. 2009 had no bench and heavily relied on freshmen with a win at UVA but also wins against Montreat, Coker, Anderson, and Cincinnati Christian, and 12-6 in BSC while losing BSC final by 20 points.

Don’t sell Montreat short! At one time.....

[LUOrange]

Until we make a deep NCAA Tourney run, the 2020 team will forever be considered the greatest team. Having the NCAA Tourney taken from them will forever add to their legendary allure.

[thepostman]

How so? I'd love to figure out the logic there.

[LUOrange]

The greatness of the "what could've been" always gets applied to teams following tragedies. This team will always be legendary.

[thepostman]

Interesting perspective. I disagree as I look more at results and the fact last years road was a bit more challenging.