Bearcats serve Graeter’s to basketball pundit who left them off list

Jon Rothstein excluded the Cincinnati Bearcats from his “Rothstein 45” in July, prompting an inquiry from head coach Jerrod Calhoun.

Rothstein of CBS Sports and FanDuel Sports Network said in late July across various platforms that Bob Huggins and Mick Cronin had been successful in the tournament. He correctly noted UC has not been in an NCAA tournament game since blowing a 13-point lead in Nationwide Arena in Columbus March 22, 2019, in a first-round loss to Iowa.

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He then boasted that he’d pay Bearcats fans in Graeter’s should Calhoun’s ‘Cats go dancing in March.

“I’ll tell you what I’m going to do, because I’m not somebody who hides from this,” Rothstein said. “I just gave you my two cents and if you hold up your end of the bargain, Cincinnati and Jerrod Calhoun. I’m going to give you more than two cents. There’s a Graeter’s Ice Cream in Fountain Square in downtown Cincinnati. If Cincinnati makes the NCAA tournament in 2027, prior to the ’27-’28 season I am going to fly to Cincinnati and I’m going to put my credit card down at that Graeter’s Ice Cream in Fountain Square, and I’m buying ice cream for all Bearcats fans in downtown Cincinnati for one hour to celebrate this achievement.”

Jerrod Calhoun said he’d prove Rothstein wrong and on Friday, Sept. 25, he invited the national college basketball talking head to a Bearcats practice. Rothstein documented the visit on his X account.

During the visit, Calhoun introduced the players to Rothstein, who picked them 12th out of the 16-team Big 12. He then played his prognostication from the summer, detailing UC’s seven-year NCAA Tournament drought.

After it played, MJ Collins was selected to deliver to Rothstein a cooler with Graeter’s saying, “This time it’s on us; next time you pay.”

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Rothstein said he appreciated the gesture, but he was trying to shed pounds. He did tell The Enquirer in a previous interview that he was a black raspberry chip fan.

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