{"id":41268,"date":"2017-08-18T05:14:10","date_gmt":"2017-08-18T05:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=41268"},"modified":"2017-08-18T05:14:10","modified_gmt":"2017-08-18T05:14:10","slug":"home-opener-vs-notre-dame-highlights-lady-toppers-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/sports\/home-opener-vs-notre-dame-highlights-lady-toppers-schedule.html","title":{"rendered":"Home opener vs. Notre Dame highlights Lady Toppers&#8217; schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 24pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Home opener vs. Notre Dame highlights Lady Toppers&#8217; schedule<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">Western Kentucky will host powerhouse Notre Dame in a challenging season-opening stretch that could feature four consecutive games against Power Five schools.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">The Lady Toppers&#8217; Nov. 14 home opener against the Fighting Irish will mark their third consecutive year hosting a ranked school. WKU, which finished 27-7 last season and reached the NCAA tournament, has beaten Louisville and Indiana the past two years at Diddle Arena. Notre Dame (33-4) finished No. 2 in the final Associated Press Top 25 and reached the Lexington Region final.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">WKU opens Nov. 10-11 in Iowa City, Iowa, against Missouri (Southeastern Conference) and the Quinnipiac\/Iowa (Big Ten) winner before facing Notre Dame (Atlantic Coast). The Lady Toppers will then visit IU (Big Ten) on Nov. 17.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">WKU begins defense of its Conference USA championship against Middle Tennessee on Jan. 4.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">Full Western Kentucky regular season schedule:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">Nov. 2, Union (exhibition); Nov. 10, Missouri at Iowa City; Nov. 11, Iowa\/Quinnipiac winner at Iowa City; Nov. 14, Notre Dame; Nov. 17, at Indiana; Nov. 24, Mercer at Atlanta; Nov. 26, Georgia State at Atlanta; Nov. 30, Evansville.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">Dec. 10, at Southern Illinois; Dec. 12, Mississippi Valley State; Dec. 16, Stetson at West Palm Beach; Dec. 17, Toledo at West Palm Beach; Dec. 21, at Ball State; Dec. 29, Lee University.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">Jan. 4, Middle Tennessee; Jan. 6, Southern Miss; Jan. 11, FIU; Jan. 13, at UAB; Jan. 18, UTSA; Jan. 21, at Marshall; Jan. 26, at North Texas; Jan. 28, at Louisiana Tech.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">Feb. 3, Florida Atlantic; Feb. 8, Old Dominion; Feb. 10, at Rice; Feb. 15, at Middle Tennessee; Feb. 17, Marshall; Feb. 23, Charlotte.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">March 1, at Southern Miss; March 3 at UTEP.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">More AP college basketball: www.collegebasketball.ap.org<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Source-\u00a0https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/ncaaw\/2017\/08\/17\/home-opener-vs-notre-dame-highlights-lady-toppers-schedule\/104703368\/<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/sports\/home-opener-vs-notre-dame-highlights-lady-toppers-schedule.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home opener vs. Notre Dame highlights Lady Toppers&#8217; schedule Western Kentucky will host powerhouse Notre Dame in a challenging season-opening stretch that could feature four consecutive games against Power Five schools. 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