The 2011âÂÂ12 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University in the 2011âÂÂ12 college basketball season. Their head coach was Tom Crean, in his fourth season with the Hoosiers. The team played its home games at Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 27âÂÂ9 overall and 11âÂÂ7 in Big Ten play. They advanced to the second round of the 2012 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament before falling to Wisconsin. They received an at-large bid in the 2012 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament where they advanced to the Sweet Sixteen before falling to eventual champion Kentucky.
Coach Tom Crean signed a three-man class in 2011.
On December 10, 2011, Indiana beat Kentucky, 73âÂÂ72 after a last-second shot by Christian Watford. Video of Indiana fans reacting to the shot around the country went viral. ESPN commentator Dick Vitale, who was covering the game for the network, said it was the "best game of the year" and that "[t]he atmosphere there was unreal, as I felt the building shaking after Watford hit the shot." According to Bob Kravitz, the win marked "a day when Hoosier Hysteria was restored to something akin to its former glory."
On December 31, 2011, the Hoosiers knocked off 2nd ranked Ohio State and in doing so became the first IU team in history to knock off the top 2 team ranked teams in the same season. On February 28, 2012, they again beat a Top 5 team by beating No. 5 Michigan State, and became the first IU team since the undefeated 1975âÂÂ76 team to beat 3 Top 5 teams in the same year. The Hoosiers earned a number four seed in the 2012 NCAA tournament and defeated New Mexico State in the second round. After defeating VCU in the third round, the Hoosiers however would go on to lose to eventual champion Kentucky in the Sweet Sixteen 102âÂÂ90, as the Wildcats avenged their lone regular season loss.
|- !colspan=9| Exhibition
|- !colspan=9| Regular Season
|- !colspan=12| Big Ten Regular Season
|- !colspan=9| Big Ten Conference tournament
|- !colspan=9| 2012 NCAA tournament
The 2012 class consists of Yogi Ferrell, Hanner Perea, Jeremy Hollowell, Peter Jurkin, and Ron Patterson.