| Sport: | Basketball |
| Year: | 2011–12 |
| Team: | Northwestern Wildcats |
| Conference: | Big Ten Conference |
| Short Conf: | Big Ten |
| Record: | 19–14 |
| Conf Record: | 8–10 |
| Asst Coach3: | Ivan Vujic |
| Champion: | Charleston Classic Champions |
| Bowl: | NIT |
| Bowl Result: | Second Round |
The 2011–12 Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball team represented Northwestern University in the 2011–12 college basketball season. This was head coach Bill Carmody's twelfth season at the Northwestern. The Wildcats were members of the Big Ten Conference and played their home games at Welsh-Ryan Arena. They finished the season with 19-14 overall, 8-10 in Big Ten play, finished in a tie with Iowa in 7th place. The team concluded the postseason for the 2012 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament, where they were defeated by Minnesota in the first round. They were invited to the NIT, where they beat Akron in the first round, and they lost to Washington in the second round.
| No. | Name | Position | Ht. | Wt. | Year | Hometown/High School |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Alejandro Carter | G | 6 - 3 | 208 | FR | Chicago, Illinois/Morgan Park |
| 1 | Drew Crawford | G/F | 6 - 5 | 210 | JR | Naperville, Illinois/Naperville Central |
| 3 | Dave Sobolewski | G | 6 - 1 | 185 | FR | Naperville, Illinois/Benet Academy |
| 4 | Alex Marcotullio | G | 6 - 3 | 180 | JR | Warren, Michigan/De La Salle |
| 10 | Austin Nichols | G | 6 - 0 | 190 | JR | Lansing, Michigan/Lansing Catholic |
| 11 | Reggie Hearn | G | 6 - 4 | 210 | JR | Fort Wayne, Indiana/Snider High School |
| 12 | Luka Mirković | C | 6 - 11 | 248 | SR | Belgrade, Serbia/La Lumiere |
| 14 | Tre Demps | G | 6 - 2 | 195 | FR | San Antonio, Texas/Ronald Reagan High School |
| 15 | Nick Fruendt | G | 6 - 5 | 205 | SR | Batavia, Illinois/Batavia High School |
| 23 | JerShon Cobb | G | 6 - 5 | 205 | SO | Decatur, Georgia/Columbia High School |
| 24 | John Shurna | F | 6 - 8 | 215 | SR | Glen Ellyn, Illinois/Glenbard West |
| 30 | Davide Curletti | F | 6 - 9 | 230 | SR | Farmington Hills, Michigan/Orchard Lake St. Mary's |
| 45 | Nikola Cerina | F | 6 - 9 | 245 | JR | Topola, Serbia / Nikola Tesla Secondary School |
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|-!colspan=9| Exhibition|-!colspan=9| Regular season|-!colspan=12| Big Ten tournament|-!colspan=9| National Invitation Tournament