2011–12 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team

2011–12 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball
NCAA tournament National Champions
SEC regular season champions
National Championship Game,
W 67–59 vs. Kansas
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 1
APNo. 1
Record38–2 (16–0 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaRupp Arena
2011–12 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 1 Kentucky 16 0   1.000 38 2   .950
No. 25 Florida 10 6   .625 26 11   .703
No. 20 Vanderbilt 10 6   .625 25 11   .694
Tennessee 10 6   .625 19 15   .559
Alabama 9 7   .563 21 12   .636
Mississippi State 8 8   .500 21 12   .636
Ole Miss 8 8   .500 20 14   .588
LSU 7 9   .438 18 15   .545
Arkansas 6 10   .375 18 14   .563
Auburn 5 11   .313 15 16   .484
Georgia 5 11   .313 15 17   .469
South Carolina 2 14   .125 10 21   .323
2012 SEC tournament winner
As of April 2, 2012
Rankings from AP poll

The 2011–12 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team represented the University of Kentucky in the 2011–12 college basketball season. The team's head coach was John Calipari, who was in his third season after taking the Wildcats to their first Final Four in thirteen seasons. The team won the 2012 NCAA Championship, bringing Kentucky its eighth title. The team's 38 wins broke a record shared by 5 teams for the most wins in NCAA men's Division I history.