Originally, the players rebelled against the moniker and attempted to give themselves the nickname 'Five Times' (written '5X's'). But most of their wins and both of their Final Four appearances were vacated because Webber accepted 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 an affront to conventional college basketball attire at that 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 season's remaining games. In that first game starting together, the five freshmen scored all the team's points against Notre Dame. They all played when the season opened on December 2, 1991, against the University of Detroit, but 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 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. įour of the five participated in the 1991 McDonald's All-American Game. They are the subjects of The Fab Five, the highest-rated ESPN Films documentary ever produced, 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 a marketing juggernaut whose merchandise sales dwarfed even those of the national champion 1988–89 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team. Their trend-setting but controversial antics on the court garnered much media attention. 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 was the 1991 University of Michigan men's basketball team recruiting class that many consider one of the greatest recruiting classes of all time. From left to right, Jimmy King, Jalen Rose, Chris Webber, Ray Jackson, Juwan Howard. Point guard Leigha Brown joined Naz Hillmon in becoming the highest women’s player for Michigan basketball selected at 15th overall.The Fab Five during their sophomore year at Crisler Arena. Michigan Wolverines’ star Leigha Brown picked in WNBA draftįor the second year in a row, a Michigan Wolverines player was selected in the WNBA draft. The Michigan Wolverines held a Zoom meeting with him on Monday night and this is definitely a player I could see being added soon. He rebounds the ball pretty well, is an active defender, and would be a tremendous addition. He’s 6-foot-9 and could add another starting-caliber four for Michigan basketball. He shoots 33 percent from 3-point range and has made 31 treys over the past two seasons.

Nkamhoua is an interesting guy that has started the past two seasons for Tennessee and averaged about 25 minutes per game. New Michigan transfer portal target: Tennessee forward Oliver Nkamhoua, a 6-9, 236-pounder who averaged 10.8 points per game this past season. The Michigan Wolverines are still doing work in the transfer portal and another name to know is that of former Tennessee forward Oliver Nkamhoua. Is another transfer on the way for Michigan basketball? He did make 43 triples overall and if he doesn’t wind up in the NBA, he’ll definitely be able to play overseas. It’s not clear if that was denied or Baker changed his mind, but he’s hired an agent and will go pro.īaker shot 39 percent last season from 3-point range and averaged just over five points a game in his one season with the Michigan Wolverines. Baker was going to seek a waiver for another season with the Michigan Wolverines. Joey Baker, the former Duke transfer, will play just one season for Michigan basketball. We have been expecting more roster changes for the Michigan basketball team - whether that be additions or subtractions - and we got one on Monday. The Michigan basketball team saw more roster movement on Monday, Leigha Brown was drafted into the WNBA, and more in our Michigan Wolverines roundup.

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