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The Fab Five photographed by the University of Michigan athletic department in 1992. From left to right: Ray Jackson, Juwan Howard, Jalen Rose, Jimmy King and Chris Webber. The Fab Five was the 1991 University of Michigan men's basketball team recruiting class that many consider one of the greatest recruiting classes of all time. [1]
Michigan won the rematch, during which the Fab Five scored all but two Wolverines points. [25] When the 24–8 Wolverines reached the Final Four round of the tournament, they found themselves matched against a 29–4 Bob Huggins -coached Cincinnati Bearcats team that averaged 83.6 points per game and had lost to only three teams, two of which ...
Few teams in any sport have made such a lasting impact as the "Fab Five" Michigan teams did on basketball on all levels.
The Fab Five, the first all-freshman team to start in the NCAA title game, played its last contest together — a 77-71 loss to North Carolina — in the 1993 NCAA championship.
Although the team compiled a 31–5 record during the season, the National Collegiate Athletic Association has adjusted the team's record to 0–4 due to the University of Michigan basketball scandal. [2] The team earned an invitation to the 1993 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament where it was national runner up. [3]
In November 2003, Mitch Albom released his book Fab five: basketball, trash talk, the American dream chronicling the recruiting of and first two years of play of the Fab Five. [9] After Chris Webber left for the NBA, the team entered the season ranked fifth in the nation as it opened the season against number 13 Georgia Tech. [10]
During the 1992 NCAA Tournament, Michigan became the first team to play in a national championship with an All-Freshman starting lineup. They fell to Duke that year, and North Carolina in 1993.
Juwan Howard, played 1991–1993, "Fab Five" member, professional basketball player [174] Phil Hubbard , played 1975–79, won a gold medal as a member of US men's basketball team during the 1976 Summer Olympics ; his number 35 was retired by the U-M men's basketball team in 1989 and was inducted to the U-M Hall of Honor in 1992 [ 175 ]