This March marks the 20th anniversary of Kentucky’s seventh National Championship. There were many memorable moments along the Comeback Cats’ conquest to the top of college basketball, but none were more memorable then “The Shot Heard Round the Bluegrass.”
Cameron Mills’ go-ahead three in the waning minutes of the Elite Eight forever cemented the walk-on Kentucky kid into UK lore. It’s a prestigious place in Kentucky history, but it’s not always easy living life after earning all the glory.
Ahead of the 20-year anniversary of Mills’ epic shot, Jeff Pearlman of The Athletic talked to him about the good and bad that comes with Kentucky super stardom.