The Fab Five

 I've seen a lot of ESPN Films and all the 30 for 30s and have come to one conclusion. The best ESPN Films documentaries are always about a dominant college sports program and their problems off the field. For example "The U" about the Miami Hurricanes, "Pony Excess" about the 1980s SMU teams. However, the best one of all is definitely "The Fab Five" about the early 1990's Michigan Men's Basketball team. The Fab Five are 5 freshman recruits by head coach Steve Fisher. They revolutionized basketball as we see it today. Those guys are responsible for the way we watch and view basketball either college or the NBA. Baggy shorts, black socks, bald heads and a playing style like no one had seen before. These guys were exactly what basketball needed. Yeah, Jalen Rose was kind of a thug. But he admitted to everything he accepted and did wrong. Chris Webber's image has been tarnished due to this film. Ever since that time out he called when Michigan was out of time outs. Resultoing in a technical foul in the final 20 seconds of the 1992 NCAA championship game against UNC. My favorite part is when Michigan first plays Duke in the freshman year of the "Fab Five". Just seeing their faces of pure hate and disgust to this day when talking about Duke and their players. "Christian Laettner is a bitch" "I hated Duke" "I thought Christian Laettner was a big pussy." Words straight from the mouths of the players. I absolutely love this because it portrays how these players really felt. Just down, dirty and straight to the point. These guys were just straight thugs. So much swag. Words can not even describe it. A lot of people can say that they invented swag. Well they're wrong. "The Fab Five" without a doubt invented swag. They just didn't care what anybody thought about them. They just went out and balled and did their thing. Yeah, it is unfortunate about getting stripped of their title. But who from that era didn't? SMU, The U, and the Fab Five. Three teams that will go down in history as probably some of the most talented NCAA teams ever assembled.

Fab Five

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