February 22, 2025
University of Kentucky’s Jamal Mashburn celebrated winning the Southeastern Conference Tournament title game on March 15, 1992, in Birmingham, Ala. Mashburn was named tournament MVP as UK stopped Alabama’s three-year championship run. Mashburn scored 10 of his game-high 28 points during a 30-6 second-half run by the Cats. Mashburn made 12 of 14 shots against Alabama and 26 of 31 in three tournament games (83.8 percent). His stay in Birmingham included four-of-five three-point shooting and 30 rebounds. Afterward, he thought of UK’s four seniors, Richie Farmer, Deron Feldhaus, Sean Woods and John Pelphrey. “I told them, ‘This is the only thing I can give you,'” Mashburn said. “‘I can’t give you any present.’ I can give them an SEC championship.” Photo by Charles Bertram | Staff