New Mexico’s Mashburn will go into transfer portal

Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff WriterMar 25, 2024, 04:04 PM ET

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• Basketball recruiting insider.
• Joined ESPN in 2014.
• Graduate of University of Delaware.New Mexico guard Jamal Mashburn

Jr., kid of the former NBA All-Star and Kentucky terrific, went into the transfer portal Monday.Mashburn’s season ended Friday with a 77-56 loss to Clemson

in the first round of the NCAA tournament.A two-time All-Mountain West choice, Mashburn balanced 14.1 points this season as New

Mexico won the Mountain West Conference competition and got an automatic quote to the NCAA competition. His scoring numbers were below the previous 2 seasons, when he earned first-team All-Mountain West honors in 2023 and third-team honors in 2022. Editor’s Picks 2 Associated Mashburn balanced 18.2 points as a sophomore and 19.1 last season, leading the Mountain West in scoring at 21.0 points in league play and shooting a career-high 38.2%from 3-point range.He started his profession under Richard Pitino at Minnesota before following him to New Mexico. He put up 8.2 points as a freshman

for the Golden Gophers.Mashburn’s father played under Rick Pitino at Kentucky in the early 1990s, winning SEC Player of the Year in 1993 and leading the Wildcats to the Final 4 the very same year. He was selected with the 4th pick in the 1993 NBA draft and was an NBA All-Star in 2003.