2024–25 Liberty Flames basketball team explained

Mode:basketball
Sex:none
Year:2024–25
Prev Year:2023–24
Team:Liberty Flames
Conference:Conference USA
Short Conf:C-USA
Record:8–1
Conf Record:0–0
Head Coach:Ritchie McKay
Hc Year:10th, 12th overall
Assoc Coach:Derek Johnston
Asst Coach2:Joe Pierre III
Stadium:Liberty Arena
Champion:Paradise Jam champions

The 2024–25 Liberty Flames basketball team represents Liberty University in the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Flames are led by Ritchie McKay in the tenth season of his current stint as head coach (12th overall). They play their home games at Liberty Arena in Lynchburg, Virginia as second-year members of Conference USA.

Previous season

The Flames finished the 2023–24 season 18–14, 7–9 in C-USA play to finish a four-way tie for fourth place. As an No. 4 seed in the C-USA tournament they lost in the quarterfinals to UTEP.

Offseason

Departures

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure
Brody Peebles 1 G 6'2" 170 Junior Transferred to Belmont
Jaylen Davis 12 G 6'6" 180 Freshman Transferred
Kyle Rode 22 F 6'7" 220 Senior Graduated
Joseph Venzant 23 G 6'3" 200 Junior Transferred to Abilene Christian[1]
Shiloh Robinson 33 F 6'7" 235 Senior Graduated
Ben Southerland 34 F 6'7" 210 Freshman Transferred to Wright State[2]

Incoming transfers

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous college
Taelon Peter 2 G 6'4" Senior Arkansas Tech
Isaiah Ihnen 7 F 6'10" 220 Junior Minnesota[3]
Owen Aquino 8 F 6'8" 200 Junior Eastern Florida State College
Josh Smith 12 F 6'9" 215 Senior Stetson
Jayvon Maughmer 32 F 6'6" 210 GS Senior Cedarville

2026 recruiting class

Schedule and results

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Notes and References

  1. News: Report: Former MCS star Venzant heading to play at ACU. Midland Reporter-Telegram. Oscar. LeRoy. April 24, 2024. October 23, 2024.
  2. News: Wright State lands transfer from Liberty. Dayton Daily News. David. Jablonski. May 23, 2024. October 23, 2024.
  3. News: Region Roundup: Flames add a pair of forwards in transfer portal, and more. The News & Advance. Bryson. Gordon. April 18, 2024. October 23, 2024.
  4. News: Schedule. Liberty Flames. October 23, 2024. en.