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Liberty Flames make NCAA men’s basketball tournament even before playing in Atlantic Sun finale – ESPN
Liberty clinched the Atlantic Sun’s automatic berth since its opponent in the final, North Alabama, is ineligible to make the NCAA tournament because it hasn’t…
Liberty will face North Alabama in the Atlantic Sun tournament championship game Sunday, but it already has clinched a spot in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament even before stepping on the court.
The Flames beat Stetson 77-64 in the semifinals Friday in Jacksonville, Florida, and since North Alabama — a school transitioning to Division I athletics — is ineligible for the NCAA tournament, Liberty was granted the league’s automatic berth.
Can we punch our ticket early?
With UNA defeating FGCU,…
