Cumberlands (KY)

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Location: Williamsburg, Kentucky
Division: NAIA Division I
Conference (football): Mid-South Conference
Stadium: James H. Taylor II Stadium
Conference (basketball): Mid-South Conference
Arena: Wayne Rollins Center

The University of the Cumberlands Patroits compete as members of the Mid-South Conference in NAIA football and NAIA Division I basketball. Cumberlands, formerly known as "Williamsburg Institute" and "Cumberland College", is a private Baptist institution located in Williamsburg, Kentucky, in far southeastern Kentucky about halfway between Lexington and Knoxville. The school has an undergraduate enrollment of around 2,000. The school's teams were formerly nicknamed "Indians", but changed in 2001 for sensitivity reasons.