| Mode: | Basketball |
| Year: | 2011–12 |
| Team: | Murray State Racers |
| Conference: | Ohio Valley Conference |
| Short Conf: | OVC |
| Coachrank: | 16 |
| Aprank: | 12 |
| Record: | 31–2 |
| Conf Record: | 15–1 |
| Hc Year: | 1st |
| Asst Coach1: | William Small |
| Asst Coach3: | Tim MacAllister |
| Asst Coach4: | James Kane |
| Champion: | OVC Regular Season & tournament champions Great Alaska Shootout Champions |
| Bowl: | NCAA Tournament |
| Bowl Result: | Third Round |
The 2011–12 Murray State Racers men's basketball team represented Murray State University during the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Racers, led by first year head coach Steve Prohm, played their home games at the CFSB Center and were members of the Ohio Valley Conference. They were the Ohio Valley regular season champions and champions of the 2012 OVC Basketball tournament to earn the conference's automatic bid into the 2012 NCAA tournament. This was the Racers 15th tournament appearance. They defeated Colorado State in the second round before falling to Marquette in the third round to finish the season 31–2.[1] [2]
|-!colspan=9| Exhibition|-!colspan=9| Regular season|-!colspan=9| 2012 OVC Basketball tournament|-!colspan=9| 2012 NCAA tournament
See main article: 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings.
| Poll | Pre | Wk 1 | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Wk 10 | Wk 11 | Wk 12 | Wk 13 | Wk 14 | Wk 15 | Wk 16 | WK 17 | Wk 18 | Final |
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| AP | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 24 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 12 | |
| Coaches | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 22 | 21 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 9 | |