- March 7th, 2026, 11:49 am
#668359
Senior night in Liberty Arena, the last regular season home ride for the Big Three… plus five more, making it eight seniors getting their moment. Funny how that works. One minute everyone’s talking about the demoralizing loss to North Carolina State back in December, and then the Flames turn around and roll off a 17-game winning streak.
Then the Flames drop a couple after that streak and suddenly these so-called fans — the armchair coaches — start talking about reinventing the wheel like the whole thing just stopped working overnight.
Next thing you know it’s March and we’re talking about the last time these guys will run out there at home in the regular season.
Todays guest is Sam Houston State, the #2 team in the league, rolling into Lynchburg with the same thing Liberty’s got — a one-game losing streak and a little bruised pride. So yeah, both teams will come in acting like the sky fell this week.
Vegas has Liberty -4.5, which tells me the guys in the desert have been paying attention.
Of course if the Flames start a little slow the message boards will fire up right on cue:
“Packline’s broken.”
“Season’s over.”
“Play the 7 that will return next year — well… minus 1 since reality says the portal will be alive and well — so they can get experience for this moment.”
Relax. It’s senior night… and the Master usually only runs about 6–7 guys regularly anyway.
Coach McKay honored the seniors last night over at Truss with what I’m told was an unbelievable celebration. I’m assuming speeches were made, film was broken down on napkins, and someone probably tried to diagram the packline on the back of a menu.
Meanwhile the McKay-built squad usually does what it does in Liberty Arena… handle business.
LU Armchair Coach prediction:
Flames 76
Sam Houston 68
Liberty covers the 4.5, the eight seniors get their sendoff, and the panic posts can wait for another day.
Then the Flames drop a couple after that streak and suddenly these so-called fans — the armchair coaches — start talking about reinventing the wheel like the whole thing just stopped working overnight.
Next thing you know it’s March and we’re talking about the last time these guys will run out there at home in the regular season.
Todays guest is Sam Houston State, the #2 team in the league, rolling into Lynchburg with the same thing Liberty’s got — a one-game losing streak and a little bruised pride. So yeah, both teams will come in acting like the sky fell this week.
Vegas has Liberty -4.5, which tells me the guys in the desert have been paying attention.
Of course if the Flames start a little slow the message boards will fire up right on cue:
“Packline’s broken.”
“Season’s over.”
“Play the 7 that will return next year — well… minus 1 since reality says the portal will be alive and well — so they can get experience for this moment.”
Relax. It’s senior night… and the Master usually only runs about 6–7 guys regularly anyway.
Coach McKay honored the seniors last night over at Truss with what I’m told was an unbelievable celebration. I’m assuming speeches were made, film was broken down on napkins, and someone probably tried to diagram the packline on the back of a menu.
Meanwhile the McKay-built squad usually does what it does in Liberty Arena… handle business.
LU Armchair Coach prediction:
Flames 76
Sam Houston 68
Liberty covers the 4.5, the eight seniors get their sendoff, and the panic posts can wait for another day.
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