The 2011–12 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers men's basketball team represented Western Kentucky University during the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.

The Hilltoppers were led by fourth year head coach Ken McDonald for the first 16 games of the season before he was fired and were then led by former assistant and new head coach Ray Harper for the remainder of the year.

They played their home games at E. A. Diddle Arena and are members of the East Division of the Sun Belt Conference.

WKU was also the first sub-.500 team to make the NCAA Tournament since Coppin State in 2008.

[2] Derrick Gordon made the All-Conference Team; Gordon and Kahil McDonald were selected to the SBC Tournament Team, and George Fant was tournament MVP.