The 1980–81 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers men's basketball team represented Western Kentucky University during the 1980–81 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.

[1] WKU won the OVC regular season and tournament championships and received the conference's automatic bid to the 1981 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament.

[3] Haskins broke the color barrier this season at Western Kentucky, becoming the first African American head coach in school history.

This came 16 years after he, and Dwight Smith, became the first African Americans to play Hilltopper basketball.

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