Wednesday, November 09, 2005
The Fab Five
Espn.com is running a series on the top six largest change agents in college basketball in the last 20 years. Luke Emeott sent me this article on how the Fab Five changed the game. Awesome. If you enjoy the article, check out Mitch Albom's book "Fab Five: Basketball, Trash Talk, The American Dream." This is a must read for anyone who grew up rooting for Michigan basketball.
Luke accurately pointed out that you'll have to plow through the part of the article that talks about the 1989 Illinois team. The author finally notes that it was the 1989 Michigan team that took out Illinois. Led by? Flint's own, Glen Rice.
"Jalen Rose, the new 6-8 point guard, who sported a shaved head and a fake diamond earring, had the habit of yelling 'Money!' whenever he fired a shot."
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That article is fantastic. I'm still kind of surprised Scoop Jackson was able to weave together the 1989 team with the Fab Five.
ReplyDeleteWhen I went to Sixers camp the summer after sixth grade, Sean Higgins came and shot three pointers and did some dunks. He also had a huge attitude and never amounted to anything in the NBA. World B. Free came toward the end of the week and shot rainbows like there was no tomorrow, though. It was sweet.