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Automated Team Capsule for 2021-22 Liberty 22-11 (0.667) | Atlantic Sun

All-Play Percentage: 0.669 (119^th)	Schedule Strength: 0.357 (256^th)	Record Quality: 0.058 (144^th)	Avg. Season Rank: 114.51 (114^th)
Pace: 67.03 (279^th)	Momentum: -5.30 (344^th)	Off. Momentum: -5.40 (357^th)	Def. Momentum: 0.10 (140^th)
Consistency: -11.35 (347^th)	Res. Consistency: -14.28 (310^th)	Away From Home: 0.01 (176^th)	Paper Tiger Factor: -0.28 (105^th)

NOTE: All data below reflects predicted performance against the "AO" (average opponent), a fictitious opponent who represents the average in every stat category.
Hover over column headers or visit "ABOUT" page for an explanation of each measurement.
Includes games through April 4, 2022. Data shown on this page is based on time-independent ratings.

OFFENSE

Eff

FTAR

FT%

FGAR

FG%

3PAR

3P%

MRAR

MR%

NPAR

NP%

PPSt

PPSC

SCC%

%3PA

%MRA

%NPA

Prox

RATING:

102.72

20.89

75.85

81.61

44.48

38.24

37.30

13.11

36.39

30.27

57.06

5.00

9.38

3.32

46.85

16.06

37.09

2.10

RANK:

129^th

296^th

40^th

274^th

124^th

15^th

27^th

356^th

241^st

114^th

219^th

356^th

344^th

329^th

9^th

356^th

87^th

306^th

DEFENSE

Eff

FTAR

FT%

FGAR

FG%

3PAR

3P%

MRAR

MR%

NPAR

NP%

PPSt

PPSC

SCC%

%3PA

%MRA

%NPA

Prox

RATING:

97.73

25.53

82.95

41.42

32.10

32.99

22.65

35.76

28.19

55.58

11.34

11.13

4.38

38.71

27.31

33.98

2.05

RANK:

120^th

242^nd

147^th

83^rd

213^th

131^st

156^th

97^th

148^th

75^th

204^th

50^th

107^th

223^rd

153^rd

156^th

136^th

ANALYSIS:
Per this website's calculations, Liberty is somewhere between an average to slightly above-average D1 ball-club. Ranked 119th overall (out of 358) in our most recent ratings, they presently have a record of 22-11. They are also ranked by this site as the best team (out of 12) in the Atlantic Sun (average ranking 237.5).

Based on their performances this year, Liberty will likely find more success on defense than they will on offense. Allowing about 98 points for every 100 possessions vs. AO, they currently occupy the #120 slot in the ratings for defensive efficiency. Liberty is a solid rebounding team that will deny the opposition chances to score off of offensive rebounds. They have a rating of 11.13 vs. AO in potential points allowed off of second chances (ranked 50th in the country). Liberty has also been pretty good preventing teams from hitting shots in the paint. They are ranked 75th in the country in defensive near-proximity percentage, allowing AO to make good on only 55.6% of their attempts from close-up. If Liberty does exhibit a noticeable weakness on the defensive end of the floor, it'd likely be the team's unwillingness to take risks in order to score fast points off of the opposition's turnovers. The squad only has a rating of 5.00 in potential points scored off of steals vs. AO, which ranks third-worst in the college game.

Liberty plays at about the same level on offense as they do on defense. The team ranks 129th nationally in offensive efficiency, scoring about 103 points every 100 trips upcourt vs. AO. Liberty lives and dies by the three-ball and will launch from long-distance early and often. The team ranks ninth in ratio of three-point attempts to total field goal attempts. If you do allow them to shoot from long, they have the ability to punish you for it, too. Ranked in the top-50 in three-point shooting percentage, they make approximately 37.3% of their three-point attempts vs. AO. Liberty also does a really good job converting from the free throw line. Making 75.9% of their attempts from the stripe, they are ranked 40th nationally in free throw percentage. Unfortunately, with a free throw attempt rate of just 20.89 vs. AO, they don't provide themselves a whole lot of opportunities at the foul line. If Liberty does have a glaring weakness offensively, it would have to be the team's difficulties obtaining second-chance opportunities from offensive rebounds. The squad only has a rating of 9.38 vs. AO in potential points off of second chances, which ranks 15th-worst in college hoops.

Liberty has definitely not been as efficient as of late compared to earlier in the season and, consequently, the team is nationally ranked 344th in positive momentum. Liberty has also been one of the most erratic teams in college basketball this year (currently ranked 347th overall in consistency), which makes the outcomes of their future games far more difficult to predict.

SORTABLE SCHEDULE / RESULTS:


					ADJ. OFF. EFFICIENCY			ADJ. DEF. EFFICIENCY
Date	Opponent	Should	Did	Record	Should	Did	Diff.	Should	Did	Diff.	Rating
Thu 11/11/2021	vs Regent	---	W 85-24	1-0	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Mon 11/15/2021	@ LSU₁₉	L 58.39 - 72.82	L 58-74	1-1	87.96	84.36	▼ 3.60	102.61	95.92	▲ 6.69	▲ 3.09
Fri 11/19/2021	vs Iona₉₇ *	L 68.67 - 71.72	L 50-54	1-2	98.93	80.65	▼ 18.28	102.20	85.71	▲ 16.49	▼ 1.79
Sat 11/20/2021	vs Manhattan₂₆₇ *	W 74.72 - 65.33	L 60-76	1-3	107.95	77.08	▼ 30.87	93.60	130.61	▼ 37.01	▼ 67.88
Tue 11/23/2021	vs Bethune-Cookman₃₂₆ *	W 71.66 - 57.69	W 59-51	2-3	107.60	99.94	▼ 7.66	85.86	86.39	▼ 0.53	▼ 8.19
Sat 11/27/2021	vs UMES₃₀₅	W 72.96 - 57.08	W 73-61	3-3	103.98	109.64	▲ 5.66	85.46	97.98	▼ 12.52	▼ 6.86
Thu 12/2/2021	vs Missouri₁₆₇	W 69.20 - 62.74	W 66-45	4-3	102.66	104.22	▲ 1.56	96.93	76.81	▲ 20.12	▲ 21.68
Mon 12/6/2021	vs Delaware State₃₅₆	W 79.32 - 53.32	W 96-60	5-3	113.16	169.12	▲ 55.96	80.11	78.99	▲ 1.12	▲ 57.08
Sat 12/11/2021	vs Stephen F. Austin₁₂₇ *	W 68.48 - 67.88	L 51-63	5-4	98.91	76.73	▼ 22.18	97.08	101.61	▼ 4.53	▼ 26.71
Mon 12/13/2021	vs Carver College	---	W 95-36	6-4	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Fri 12/17/2021	vs ECU₁₇₀ *	W 69.75 - 66.46	W 74-64	7-4	102.18	108.82	▲ 6.64	96.12	86.76	▲ 9.36	▲ 16.00
Wed 12/22/2021	vs Northern Iowa₈₅ *	L 68.36 - 72.75	W 76-74	8-4	100.54	116.92	▲ 16.38	105.69	112.12	▼ 6.43	▲ 9.95
Thu 12/23/2021	vs Stanford₁₀₉ *	L 65.57 - 66.57	L 76-79	8-5	98.04	99.67	▲ 1.63	98.79	100.00	▼ 1.21	▲ 0.42
Sat 12/25/2021	vs BYU₇₂ *	L 66.55 - 71.74	L 75-80	8-6	97.60	113.64	▲ 16.04	104.40	119.40	▼ 15.00	▲ 1.04
Fri 12/31/2021	vs Boyce	---	W 91-60	9-6	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Tue 1/4/2022	@ Stetson₂₉₉	W 69.92 - 62.29	W 75-59	10-6	108.34	130.45	▲ 22.11	90.95	80.96	▲ 9.99	▲ 32.10
Tue 1/11/2022	vs North Florida₂₇₁	W 74.19 - 61.10	W 71-56	11-6	106.76	100.45	▼ 6.31	91.90	76.11	▲ 15.79	▲ 9.48
Sat 1/15/2022	@ FGCU₂₃₀	W 73.38 - 70.37	W 78-75	12-6	108.05	112.53	▲ 4.48	97.74	104.47	▼ 6.73	▼ 2.25
Tue 1/18/2022	vs Jacksonville₁₇₇	W 64.07 - 57.44	W 88-49	13-6	99.35	148.68	▲ 49.33	93.51	86.65	▲ 6.86	▲ 56.19
Thu 1/27/2022	vs North Alabama₃₁₁	W 73.21 - 56.48	W 72-53	14-6	104.59	98.87	▼ 5.72	85.12	76.52	▲ 8.60	▲ 2.88
Sat 1/29/2022	vs Jacksonville St.₁₄₅	W 68.71 - 63.81	L 67-77	14-7	101.69	94.43	▼ 7.26	99.02	111.12	▼ 12.10	▼ 19.36
Mon 1/31/2022	@ Kennesaw State₂₃₃	W 70.96 - 67.52	W 65-50	15-7	108.20	118.06	▲ 9.86	97.18	66.23	▲ 30.95	▲ 40.81
Thu 2/3/2022	@ Bellarmine₂₁₇	W 67.87 - 65.98	W 66-53	16-7	109.03	107.59	▼ 1.44	100.07	76.36	▲ 23.71	▲ 22.27
Sat 2/5/2022	@ E. Kentucky₂₆₄	W 74.41 - 68.77	W 91-84	17-7	107.52	126.28	▲ 18.76	93.76	107.19	▼ 13.43	▲ 5.33
Tue 2/8/2022	vs Lipscomb₂₆₈	W 78.38 - 65.42	W 78-69	18-7	110.14	113.75	▲ 3.61	96.68	105.66	▼ 8.98	▼ 5.37
Sat 2/12/2022	@ Jacksonville₁₇₇	W 60.71 - 60.70	L 69-73	18-8	99.35	112.20	▲ 12.85	93.51	107.93	▼ 14.42	▼ 1.57
Tue 2/15/2022	@ North Florida₂₇₁	W 70.56 - 64.70	L 69-72	18-9	106.76	115.33	▲ 8.57	91.90	111.61	▼ 19.71	▼ 11.14
Sat 2/19/2022	vs Stetson₂₉₉	W 73.46 - 58.88	W 88-82	19-9	108.34	121.27	▲ 12.93	90.95	113.48	▼ 22.53	▼ 9.60
Mon 2/21/2022	@ Cent. Arkansas₃₁₆	W 78.58 - 68.47	W 85-66	20-9	111.63	112.13	▲ 0.50	91.97	87.43	▲ 4.54	▲ 5.04
Wed 2/23/2022	vs FGCU₂₃₀	W 77.10 - 66.84	L 72-82 (OT)	20-10	108.05	94.39	▼ 13.66	97.74	98.32	▼ 0.58	▼ 14.24
Sat 2/26/2022	vs Kennesaw State₂₃₃	W 74.56 - 64.10	W 100-93 (OT)	21-10	108.20	106.94	▼ 1.26	97.18	109.25	▼ 12.07	▼ 13.33
Thu 3/3/2022	vs Lipscomb₂₆₈	W 78.38 - 65.42	W 52-47	22-10	110.14	79.54	▼ 30.60	96.68	76.98	▲ 19.70	▼ 10.90
Sat 3/5/2022	vs Bellarmine₂₁₇	W 71.29 - 62.56	L 50-53	22-11	109.03	82.07	▼ 26.96	100.07	92.50	▲ 7.57	▼ 19.39
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Projections are based on present-day ratings. Stars indicate games played at a neutral location.
Game efficiencies only account for data before a contest has gone analytically final and are adjusted to extract home-court advantage.

CURIOUS TRENDS:

	Liberty does worse vs. clubs that typically allow more than a fair share of breakaway opportunities. When playing squads that have a potential point rate allowed off steals vs. AO greater than 11.22, Liberty performs above average 29% of the time. Against all other opponents, the team performs better than the norm 78% of the time.
	Liberty performs better against squads that do not defend well on the perimeter. When facing teams that have a defensive three-point field goal percentage vs. AO greater than 34.94%, Liberty is more efficient than normal 70% of the time. In their other contests, the team is more efficient 30% of the time.
	When playing teams that have trouble defending the mid-range shot, Liberty usually performs worse than average. Liberty is more efficient than normal 30% of the time when facing clubs that have a defensive mid-range field goal percentage vs. AO greater than 37.28%. In all other contests, Liberty performs better than average 70% of the time.

LATEST NEWS ITEMS:

	McGhee scores 26 to lead Liberty past Lipscomb 52-47 in ASUN (3/3/2022 9:15:27 PM) Darius McGhee had 26 points as Liberty defeated Lipscomb 52-47 in the Atlantic Sun Conference tournament quarterfinals on Thursday night.
	Florida Gulf Coast beats Liberty 82-72 in OT (2/23/2022 10:40:55 PM) LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) — Tavian Dunn-Martin had a career-high 43 points as Florida Gulf Coast got past Liberty 82-72 in overtime on Wednesday night.
	Saturday's College Basketball Roundup (1/15/2022 11:32:30 PM) McGhee scores Division I-best 48 as Liberty edges FGCU FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Darius McGhee scored a school-record 48 points, 37 in the second half, and Liberty edged Florida Gulf Coast 78-75. McGhee’s 48 points are the season high in Division I. He scored t…
	McGhee scores Division I-best 48 as Liberty edges FGCU (1/15/2022 10:49:16 PM) FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Darius McGhee scored a school-record 48 points, 37 in the second half, and Liberty edged Florida Gulf Coast 78-75 on Saturday ...
	Clippers’ Paul George out with elbow injury (12/25/2021 9:30:33 PM) The All-Star will rest the injury for the next 3-4 weeks prior to a revaluation.

HASLAMETRICS ALL-PLAY PERCENTAGE RANKING BY DAY: Select data to plot:

HASLAMETRICS TEAM HISTORY: Select data to view:

SUMMARY	Rk	AP%	Rec (WinPct)		RQ	Conference	Pace	Con	SOS	PTF	AFH	ASR

OFFENSE	Eff	FTAR	FT%	FGAR	FG%	3PAR	3P%	MRAR	MR%	NPAR	NP%	PPSt	PPSC	SCC%	%3PA	%MRA	%NPA	Prox

DEFENSE	Eff	FTAR	FT%	FGAR	FG%	3PAR	3P%	MRAR	MR%	NPAR	NP%	PPSt	PPSC	SCC%	%3PA	%MRA	%NPA	Prox

SUMMARY	Rk		AP%		Rec (WinPct)		RQ		Conference		Pace		Con		SOS		PTF		AFH		ASR

OFFENSE	Eff		FTAR		FT%		FGAR		FG%		3PAR		3P%		MRAR		MR%		NPAR		NP%		PPSt		PPSC		SCC%		%3PA		%MRA		%NPA		Prox

DEFENSE	Eff		FTAR		FT%		FGAR		FG%		3PAR		3P%		MRAR		MR%		NPAR		NP%		PPSt		PPSC		SCC%		%3PA		%MRA		%NPA		Prox