2020–21 Liberty Flames basketball team

The 2020–21 Liberty Flames men's basketball team represented Liberty University in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team plays its home games in Lynchburg, Virginia for the inaugural season at Liberty Arena, with a capacity of 4,000. The team was led by Ritchie McKay, who was in the sixth season of his current stint as head coach and eighth overall. Liberty was a third-year member of the ASUN Conference. They finished the season 23-6, 11-2 in ASUN Play to finish in ASUN regular season champions. They defeated Kennesaw State, Stetson, and North Alabama to be champions of the ASUN tournament. They received the ASUN’s automatic bid to the NCAA tournament where they lost in the first round to Oklahoma State.

2020–21 Liberty Flames basketball
Atlantic Sun regular season and tournament champions
NCAA tournament, first round
ConferenceASUN Conference
Record23–6 (11–2 ASUN)
Head coach
  • Ritchie McKay (6th (8th overall) season)
Assistant coaches
  • Brad Soucie (6th (8th) season)
  • Derek Johnston (3rd season)
  • Joe Pierre III (1st season)
Home arenaLiberty Arena
2020–21 ASUN men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Liberty112 .846236  .793
Bellarmine *103 .769148  .636
Lipscomb96 .6001512  .556
North Florida66 .500815  .348
North Alabama *78 .4671311  .542
Florida Gulf Coast45 .444108  .556
Stetson79 .4381215  .444
Jacksonville59 .3571113  .458
Kennesaw State213 .133519  .208
* ineligible for the 2021 NCAA tournament due to transition period
Jacksonville suspended their season on February 26, 2021
2021 ASUN Tournament winner
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