They play their home games at Liberty Arena and are members of the Conference USA, having moved there in July 2023 after 5 seasons in the ASUN.

The team practiced at the City Armory and Lynchburg Christian Academy, and games were held at the Jefferson Forest High School.

That same year the Flames entered the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), and Mike Goad became Liberty's first basketball All-American.

Dan Manley 5 Seasons Record: 58–74 Harley "Skeeter" Swift was named Liberty's second men's basketball coach.

Dale Gibson 3 Seasons Record: 48–46 On March 25, 1981, Jeff Meyer was named Liberty's fourth men's basketball coach.

Liberty Baptist became a full member of the NCAA Division II level and also became eligible for NAIA postseason competition.

Liberty took the lead, 47–46, with under 10 minutes left; the Tar Heels ended with the win, 71–51, but the Flames proved to be a strong competitor in the biggest game in the history of the program.

He also was selected as the 1997 Big South tournament Most Valuable Player for the second time in his career and was named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) all-district second-team.

Mel Hankinson 4 Seasons Record: 36–77 On March 6, 2002, Randy Dunton was named the sixth head coach in the school's history.

Liberty made its second-ever appearance in an NCAA Tournament game as the 16th-seeded Flames squared off against top-seeded St. Joseph's at the HSBC Arena in Buffalo, NY.

There were 22,717 fans crammed into the famous Rupp Arena, serving as the largest crowd to ever see a Liberty game, as Kentucky defeated the Flames by a score of 81–51.

Liberty honored all-time leading scorer Karl Hess by retiring his jersey prior to the Flames’ 64–56 victory over Conference USA foe East Carolina on Dec. 2, 2006.

On Jan. 30, 2007, With 15 points against visiting UNC Asheville, Larry Blair became the third player in Liberty and Big South Conference history to reach the 2,000-point plateau.

Feb. 21, 2007, Larry Blair scored 28 points in Liberty's 118–108 victory at VMI to pass Tony Dunkin of Coastal Carolina, becoming the Big South Conference's all-time leading scorer.

Blair's second field goal of the evening, at the 11:19 mark in the first half, broke the record when the senior guard dunked home two points on a fast break.

Randy Dunton 6 Seasons Record: 77–102 On March 26, 2007, Ritchie McKay was named the seventh head coach in school history.

On April 1, 2009, McKay was hired by the University of Virginia to be the head assistant coach of men's basketball to his friend and mentor Tony Bennett.

[citation needed] Because of his achievements over his four-year career at Liberty, Hildebrand was brought back on December 3, 1994, to have his jersey retired in front of the home fans in the Vines Center.

[citation needed] Julius Nwosu was the first big man to excel at Liberty, since the school became an NCAA Division I member in 1988.

Aluma finished his Big South Conference career as the top shot blocker (366), third in games played (119), second in free throws made (451) and third in scoring (1,715).

He set the record for blocked shots in a game, season and career and finished second in free throws made and fifth in school's history for scoring.

[citation needed] The most prolific scorer in Liberty basketball history, Karl Hess, did so without the luxury of a three-point line, racking up a program-best 2,373 points.

[citation needed] A 5–11 guard from Shickshinney, Pa., Hess currently is a psychologist and resides in Lynchburg with his wife, April, and their two sons, Nate and Zack.

Hess also travels extensively as a major college basketball referee, primarily officiating SEC, ACC and BIG EAST games.

[citation needed] Hess served as the crew chief for the 2007 NCAA Men's National Championship game between Florida and Ohio State.

The honor entailed tossing the jump ball between 2007 NBA first round draft picks, Joakim Noah (Florida) and Greg Oden (Ohio State).

[citation needed] Blair holds Liberty's NCAA Division I record for most points in a career (2,211), which was the most in Big South Conference, but was passed the next year by VMI's Reggie Williams (2,556).

Only four other layers in the nation accomplish the same feat while attempting at least 100 three-point field goals, including Mario Charmers (Kansas), Lee Cummard (BYU), Malik Hairston (Oregon) and James Harden (Arizona State).

On February 27, 2021, McGhee scored a season-high 34 points in a 94–78 win over Bellarmine, matching the program record of eight three-pointers, to claim the ASUN regular season title.

On October 28, 2023, he joined the Indiana Mad Ants of the NBA G League On June 10, 2024, McGhee signed with Telekom Baskets Bonn of the German Basketball Bundesliga (BBL).