Tomorrow at Rupp Arena, the 1993 Kentucky team will celebrate the 25th anniversary of their Final Four run. For our younger readers, that’s the team that starred Jamal Mashburn and went to Kentucky’s first national semifinal since 1984, a feat even more impressive when you consider the program was only a few years removed from NCAA sanctions.
The 1993 Cats included Jamal Mashburn (NCAA Consensus First Team All-American and SEC Player of the Year), Travis Ford, Dale Brown, Jared Prickett, Roderick Rhodes, Tony Delk, and Walter McCarty. After winning the SEC Tournament and scoring 96 or more points in three of their NCAA Tournament games, Kentucky’s run ended in the semifinals vs.