Rose was a third team selection in 1993 and first team selection in 1994. Howard an honorable mention in 1992, second team selection in 1993 and first team selection in 1994. Webber earned second team All-Big Ten Conference recognition in 1992 and first team recognition in 1993.
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The five players were criticized by many after the Duke loss in particular for mocking and insulting Duke guard Bobby Hurley's appearance and playing style, which fit into the Fab Five's earlier hatred of Duke superstar Christian Laettner (in the ESPN 30 for 30 movie about them, Jalen Rose noted that he'd thought Laettner was overrated but realized when the two teams faced off in the 1991-92 regular season that Laettner was a great player and deserved respect for his work on the court). They lost to Duke 71–51 in the 1992 title game and lost 77–71 to North Carolina in 1993, a game which is remembered mostly for Chris Webber's costly "timeout", which resulted in a technical foul as Michigan had no timeouts remaining. They reached the NCAA championship game as freshmen in 1992 and again as sophomores in 1993. Despite their talent, they never won a Big Ten Regular Season Championship or NCAA Championship. Michigan won the rematch as all but two Wolverines points were scored by the Fab Five. In the elite eight round of the 1992 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, Michigan earned a rematch against a Jimmy Jackson-led Ohio State Buckeyes team that had beaten them twice during the regular season by double digits. Originally, the players rebelled against the moniker and attempted to give themselves the nickname Five Times' (written 5X's). However, most of their wins and both of their Final Four appearances were vacated due to Webber accepting financial aids from Ed Martin that compromised his amateur status.Īs students, they wore black athletic shoes, black athletic socks and baggy basketball shorts, which were affront to the conventional college basketball attires at that the time. They reached the 19 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship games as both freshmen and sophomores. They started as a unit in all but one of the remaining games for the season. In that first game starting together as a regular unit, the five freshmen scored all the team's points against Notre Dame. Although they all played when the season opened on Decemagainst the University of Detroit, they did not all play at the same time until December 7 against Eastern Michigan and did not start regularly until February 9, 1992. Four of the five members went on to play in the NBA.Īt first, only three of the freshmen started for the 1991–92 Michigan men's basketball team. Four of the five were participants in the 1991 McDonald's All-American Game. įour McDonald's All-Americans in a single recruiting class stood as an unbroken record until the 2013 McDonald's All-American Boys Game included six members of the entering class for the 2013–14 Kentucky Wildcats team. They are the subjects of The Fab Five, which was the highest rated ESPN Films documentary ever produced, were one of the featured teams in two of the highest rated NCAA Men's Basketball Championship games ever played in terms of households (although not viewers), and were a marketing juggernaut whose merchandise sales even dwarfed those of the national champion 1988–89 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team.
Their trend-setting but controversial antics on the court garnered much attention from the media. The Fab Five were the first team in NCAA history to compete in the championship game with all-freshman starters. The class consisted of Detroit natives Chris Webber (#4) and Jalen Rose (#5), Chicago native Juwan Howard (#25), and two recruits from Texas: Plano's Jimmy King (#24) and Austin's Ray Jackson (#21).
The Fab Five were the 1991 University of Michigan men's basketball team recruiting class that is considered by many to be one of the greatest recruiting classes of all time.
From left to right, Jimmy King, Jalen Rose, Chris Webber, Ray Jackson, Juwan Howard. The Fab Five during their sophomore year at Crisler Arena.
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