Liberty Lady Flames basketball

Liberty Lady Flames
Liberty Lady Flames
	2020–21 Liberty Lady Flames basketball team
University	Liberty University
Head coach	Carey Green (15th season)
Conference	ASUN Conference
Location	Lynchburg, Virginia
Arena	Liberty Arena (primary); Vines Center ; (Capacity: 4,000 [Liberty Arena], 8,085 [Vines Center])
Nickname	Lady Flames
Colors	Blue, White, and Red[1];
Uniforms
NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen
	2005
NCAA Tournament Second round
	2005
NCAA Tournament Appearances
	1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2018
Conference Tournament Champions
	1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2018
Conference Regular Season Champions
	1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2018

For information on all Liberty University sports, see Liberty Flames and Lady Flames.

The Liberty Lady Flames basketball team is the women's basketball team that represents Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia. Since 2018, the Lady Flames have competed in the ASUN Conference. They are currently coached by Carey Green. [2]

History

Liberty was founded in 1971 as Lynchburg Baptist College, making it the second-youngest institution in NCAA Division I (only Florida Gulf Coast University, founded in 1991, is younger).[lower-alpha 1] While men's basketball began play a year later, women's basketball did not start play until 1975, the same year in which the school changed its name to Liberty Baptist College and joined the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). In 1980, LBC joined the NCAA as a Division II member while retaining its NAIA membership. In 1983, LBC game up its NAIA membership and moved full-time to D-II. They were members of the East Coast Athletic Conference (for a brief amount of time in 1983) and the Mason-Dixon Athletic Conference (1983–88) in their time in Division II. During that time, LBC adopted its current name of Liberty University in 1985.

Liberty joined Division I in 1988, followed by a move to the Big South Conference in 1991. After a 5–22 season in 1995–96, the Lady Flames went 22–8 the next year while running the table and winning the Big South championship, their first ever conference title in history along with the bid to go to the NCAA Tournament; they were beaten by Old Dominion 102–52 in the First Round. The following year, they set the school record for most wins in program history along with a second straight Big South Tournament title and NCAA appearance with an undefeated regular season and wins in the conference tournament to go 28–0 before a loss to Tennessee 102–58 in the First Round of the NCAA Tournament (they tied the record for wins in 2008, going 28–4, including a Big South title). They have won just two NCAA Tournament games (2005), advancing to the Sweet Sixteen as a #13 seed after beating Penn State 78–70 and DePaul 88–79 before losing to #1 LSU 90–48 in the Regional Semifinals. They have also made an appearance in the WNIT (2016), losing to Villanova 67–51 in the First Round. As of the end of the 2015–16 season, the Lady Flames have an all-time record of 674–469. [3][4][5][6]

Footnotes

While two other Division I members were officially founded after Florida Gulf Coast, both inherited their athletic programs from predecessor institutions that were D-I members:
- The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) was founded in 2013 by a merger of two other institutions in the University of Texas System and began operation in 2015. UTRGV inherited its athletic program from one of the predecessor institutions, the University of Texas–Pan American, which traced its history to a junior college that opened in 1927.
- Purdue University Fort Wayne (PFW) was one of the two new institutions founded in 2018 when the Indiana University and Purdue University systems dissolved Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW), which had been founded in 1964. The former IPFW athletic program was entirely transferred to PFW.

References

"Web Content Team | Web Policy | Liberty University". Retrieved March 31, 2016.
"Team Page - Liberty Flames". www.liberty.edu.
"Team history" (PDF). www.liberty.edu. Retrieved 2020-06-24.
"Year by Year results" (PDF). www.liberty.edu. Retrieved 2020-06-24.
"Records" (PDF). www.liberty.edu. Retrieved 2020-06-24.
"Coaching records" (PDF). www.liberty.edu. Retrieved 2020-06-24.

External links

Official website

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[3] While two other Division I members were officially founded after Florida Gulf Coast, both inherited their athletic programs from predecessor institutions that were D-I members:
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) was founded in 2013 by a merger of two other institutions in the University of Texas System and began operation in 2015. UTRGV inherited its athletic program from one of the predecessor institutions, the University of Texas–Pan American, which traced its history to a junior college that opened in 1927.

Purdue University Fort Wayne (PFW) was one of the two new institutions founded in 2018 when the Indiana University and Purdue University systems dissolved Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW), which had been founded in 1964. The former IPFW athletic program was entirely transferred to PFW.

[2] The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) was founded in 2013 by a merger of two other institutions in the University of Texas System and began operation in 2015. UTRGV inherited its athletic program from one of the predecessor institutions, the University of Texas–Pan American, which traced its history to a junior college that opened in 1927.

[3] Purdue University Fort Wayne (PFW) was one of the two new institutions founded in 2018 when the Indiana University and Purdue University systems dissolved Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW), which had been founded in 1964. The former IPFW athletic program was entirely transferred to PFW.

[1] "Web Content Team | Web Policy | Liberty University". Retrieved March 31, 2016.

[2] "Team Page - Liberty Flames". www.liberty.edu.

[4] "Team history" (PDF). www.liberty.edu. Retrieved 2020-06-24.

[5] "Year by Year results" (PDF). www.liberty.edu. Retrieved 2020-06-24.

[6] "Records" (PDF). www.liberty.edu. Retrieved 2020-06-24.

[7] "Coaching records" (PDF). www.liberty.edu. Retrieved 2020-06-24.

Liberty Lady Flames basketball
Venues	Vines Center (1990–2020) Liberty Arena (2020–present)
Culture & lore	Boo Box Spirit of the Mountain
People	Head coaches Notable players
Seasons	1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21

Liberty University
Academics	Law Medicine
Facilities	Al Worthington Stadium LaHaye Ice Center Liberty Arena Liberty Baseball Stadium Vines Center Williams Stadium
Athletics	Baseball Basketball Men Women Football‎ Soccer Softball
Media	WBOP WQLU WRVL WVRA WVRD WVRH WVRI WVRL WVRP WZBJ-CD Liberty Flames Sports Network
Related	List of Liberty University people
Category

Atlantic Sun Conference women's basketball
Teams	Bellarmine Knights Florida Gulf Coast Eagles Jacksonville Dolphins Kennesaw State Owls Liberty Lady Flames Lipscomb Bisons North Alabama Lions North Florida Ospreys Stetson Hatters
Championships & awards	Atlantic Sun Conference Women's Basketball Tournament Player of the Year
Seasons	1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20