1950–51 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team

The 1950–51 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team represented University of Kentucky. The head coach was Adolph Rupp. The team was a member of the Southeast Conference and played their home games at Memorial Coliseum. Two members of this team eventually returned to Kentucky as athletic director: Cliff Hagan from 1975 to 1988, and Charles Newton from 1989 to 2000.

Schedule and results
!colspan=9 style=| Regular season

!colspan=9 style=| NCAA tournament

NCAA basketball tournament

 * Mideast
 * Kentucky 79, Louisville 68
 * Kentucky 59, St. John's, New York 43
 * Final Four
 * Kentucky 76, Illinois 74
 * Kentucky 68, Kansas State 58

Awards and honors

 * Bill Spivey, NCAA Men's MOP Award

Team players drafted into the NBA

 * No one from the Wildcats men's team was selected in the 1951 NBA draft.