| Mode: | Basketball |
| Sex: | none |
| Year: | 2000–01 |
| Prev Year: | 1999–00 |
| Next Year: | 2001–02 |
| Team: | Western Kentucky Hilltoppers |
| Conference: | Sun Belt Conference |
| Division: | East Division |
| Short Conf: | Sun Belt |
| Record: | 24–7 |
| Conf Record: | 14–2 |
| Champion: | Sun Belt Conference tournament Champion Sun Belt Conference East Division Champion |
| Bowl: | NCAA Tournament |
| Bowl Result: | first round |
The 2000–01 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers men's basketball team represented Western Kentucky University during the 2000–01 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hilltoppers were led by coach Dennis Felton and Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year Chris Marcus.[1] The team won the East Division Championship and the Sun Belt Basketball tournament, earning an automatic bid to the 2001 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.[2] Marcus was SBC tournament MVP and conference Defensive Player of the Year for the second consecutive year.[3] Nashon McPherson joined Marcus on the SBC All-Tournament team.[4]
[5] |-!colspan=6| Regular season|-|-!colspan=6| 2001 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament|-!colspan=6| 2001 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament [6]