Meet Jerrod Calhoun’s 1st Cincinnati Bearcats Big 12 basketball team

They come from Utah State, Akron, Wake Forest, Tulsa, Georgia Tech, Boston College, North Dakota State, George Mason, Towson and Mount Union. Only one basketball player returns to the 2026-27 Cincinnati Bearcats from Wes Miller’s last squad and that’s Grant Darbyshire from Sycamore High School, who was at Kentucky the year before.

Your Cincinnati Bearcats men’s basketball team comes from 11 different states, with four from Ohio.

Cincinnati Bearcats coach Jerrod Calhoun does a TV interview during Monster Energy Big 12 Media Day at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City Oct. 20.

Coach Jerrod Calhoun hails from Ohio and has a degree from UC as well as coaching experience with Bob Huggins here and at West Virginia. The Naismith Hall of Fame and recent James P. Kelly UC Athletic Hall of Famer came to Calhoun’s introductory press conference on March 25 to pass the torch.

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Calhoun took Utah State to back-to-back NCAA tournaments. His mission here is to return UC to “The Dance,” where their card hasn’t been punched in over seven years.

Introducing 2026-27 Cincinnati Bearcats men’s basketball roster

No. 0 Trevian Carson

The 6-foot-3 senior guard from West Des Moines, Iowa, committed to the Bearcats April 20. At North Dakota State, he was First Team All-Summit League, averaging 11.9 points, 6.5 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game. Carson had 11 points and seven rebounds in an NCAA Tournament loss for the Bison vs. Michigan State.

No. 1 Elijah Perryman

Perryman is a 6-foot-2 sophomore guard from San Francisco who committed to the Bearcats April 20, following the Jerrod Calhoun staff from Utah State to Cincinnati. Perryman averaged 4.4 points per game for the Aggies, playing in all 36 games with one start. He shot 44% from the field, 30% on 3-pointers and 80% from the free-throw line. He dished out 10 assists in UC’s final exhibition win, 97-58 over Oakland.

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No. 2 MJ Collins Jr.

Eligible via an executive order from Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, Collins is a 6-foot-4, fifth-year…

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