This transitional offseason for the Cincinnati Bearcats men’s basketball team is far from over, especially now that American Athletic Conference Player of the Year Jarron Cumberland has decided that he will make a run at the NBA Draft. That doesn’t mean he is gone entirely, but he is at least considering the possibility. Cumberland has time to make the best decision possible no matter which way he ends up going, but the Bearcats need to at least prepare for the possibility that he will not be playing at UC next season.
Cumberland wouldn’t be the first Bearcat to look at making a change, but whereas Nysier Brooks was an important front court contributor and Rashawn Fredericks added depth, Cumberland very much was the Bearcats last season.