2011–12 WKU Hilltoppers basketball team
The 2011–12 WKU 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. They finished the season 16–19, 7–9 in Sun Belt Play to finish in a tie for third place in the East Division. The Hilltoppers were champions of the Sun Belt Basketball Tournament to earn the conference's automatic bid into the 2012 NCAA Tournament. It was their 22nd tournament appearance and first since 2009. WKU was also the firs
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2011–12 WKU Hilltoppers basketball team
The 2011–12 WKU 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. They finished the season 16–19, 7–9 in Sun Belt Play to finish in a tie for third place in the East Division. The Hilltoppers were champions of the Sun Belt Basketball Tournament to earn the conference's automatic bid into the 2012 NCAA Tournament. It was their 22nd tournament appearance and first since 2009. WKU was also the firs
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The 2011–12 WKU basketball tea ...... the second round to Kentucky.
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The 2011–12 WKU basketball tea ...... ce 2009. WKU was also the firs
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2011–12 WKU Hilltoppers basketball team
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