Home games against five of the top seven finishers in Conference USA last season highlight the league play portion of the 2017-18 WKU Hilltopper basketball schedule, as announced Wednesday by WKU.
The Hilltoppers will play home-and-home series with 2017 C-USA regular-season and tournament champion Middle Tennessee and third-place Old Dominion, as well as host second-place Louisiana Tech.
The 18-game conference slate also includes home-and-home series with UAB, Marshall and Charlotte and single games against the other eight teams in the league.
WKU will kick off the conference schedule with a pair of home games against Louisiana Tech (Dec.