The Fab Five

In this 30 for 30 it covers one of the top recruiting classes of all time for the University of Michigan from. For the first time all five of the starting players were black freshmen from 1991 to 1993. In their first year they shocked the world and made it all the way to the finals of the NCAA Tournament, even though they lost to the Duke Blue Devils every one knew that they would be back. The fab five was starting to get attention from doing things such as wearing long black socks, their shorts down to their knees, and by being loud, smack-talking ball players. In their second year they once again made it to the NCAA national championship, this time against the University of North Carolina. They were not underdogs anymore, they were going to finally win. With 36 seconds left the score was 74-71 UNC had the lead. Chris Webber, one of the most prominent members of the fab five, took the ball down the court and two UNC players were on him immediately and trapped him in the corner of the court. Even though there were no time outs allowed for Michigan -- which was stressed heavily in the time out -- Webber calls a timeout which is a technical foul. that gives UNC two free throws and the wolverines lost the game. After that game Webber decided to enter the NBA draft. Several years later it came out that Webber and other players received money from a wealthy man back in Detroit and brought shame to the University of Michigan, as punishment both of the NCAA Final Four banners were taken down and never hung back up.