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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]
Due to the success of the Fab Five, athletic royalties increased from 2 million dollars in 1990 ($4.8 million today) to 4.4 million dollars ($9.9 million) in 1992. [17] The team, coached by Steve Fisher, is best remembered for the entry of a remarkably talented freshman class, known as the Fab Five, that would become the starting lineup:
As a collegiate athlete, he was a first-team All-American and led the Michigan Wolverines' 1991 incoming freshman class known as the Fab Five that reached the 1992 and 1993 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship games as freshmen and sophomores.
For the first time in three decades, all five members of Fab Five reunited at Michigan. Ray Jackson, Jimmy King, Jalen Rose and Chris Webber sat side by side courtside, while Michigan Wolverines ...
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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.
Jimmy Hal King (born August 9, 1973) is an American former professional basketball player. King played in the NBA and other leagues. He is most famous for his time spent on the famed University of Michigan Wolverines Fab Five along with Ray Jackson, Juwan Howard, Chris Webber, and Jalen Rose, who reached the 1992 and 1993 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship games as freshmen and ...
Michigan's Fab Five reunited and attended a basketball game on campus for the first time since they played three decades ago, watching the Wolverines beat Ohio State 73-65 on Monday. Chris Webber ...