Fab 5 ESPN Movie
Very excited for this.. looks awesome
The two-hour film airs March 13 at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN and depicts the story of Jalen Rose and his other Fab Five teammates, Chris Webber, Juwan Howard, Jimmy King and Ray Jackson. Called by some “the greatest class ever recruited,” the five freshmen not only electrified the game, but also brought new style with their baggy shorts, black socks and brash talk.
“The Fab Five” relives the recruitment process that got all five of them to Ann Arbor, the cultural impact they made, the two runs to NCAA title game, the Webber “timeout” in the 1993 championship and the scandal that eventually tarnished their accomplishments.
gonna tape it and watch it like Avatar. forget the style impact (which remains significant), I loved the way they played ball......I remember telling a friend I liked watching them play because they were jazz in a marching band world.
I understand some Michigan fans "hate" the Fab Five and everything that happend but they are the reason why I love Michigan basketball. They not only changed basketball but they changed everyday life with their style.
30 for 30 has been ESPN's best non-live event content for a long time. I cannot wait to see this.
Chris Webber
Obviously the end to the Fab 5 was not the greatest, but the ride may have been the most college bball has seen in a long time. Still an iconic team decades later.
i.e. Kentucky's freshman lineup last year and their comparisons to the Fab Five. fortunately, they weren't as successful, and they weren't as good of a class.
The 2011 class for Kentucky is being hailed by most Wildcat fans as the next Fab Five. I always have and always will argue the Fab Five will never be topped due to their cultural influence to go along with crazy-awesome talent.
I don't know if any class can compare with what the Fab Five did in their first year with strictly how they perform on the court. A starting lineup of five freshmen cannot possibly best a berth in the national championship game. I don't think Kentuckly's class is as highly rated as the Fab Five were/would have been with Rivals, Scout, etc.
The book was and is so great, my 11 year old daugter is reading it now. I just broke it out when she asked about the fab five. Can't wait......
You're letting your 11-year-old daughter read Mitch Albom's "Fab Five"??
Be prepared for her to say, "Daddy, what does 'Let Your Nuts Hang' mean?"
Was pleased when I saw MGoBlog tweet and post about this in one of his links. Sounds like a great way to get March Madness started.
I look forward to watching this film.
I was in New Orleans for the greatest basketball game i have ever seen or will ever see in my life. The semifinal against Kentucky (considered at the time an unstoppable force) was beyond epic.
It's a shame THAT game wasn't for the national championship. If it had been the Fab Five would've been remembered far differently I believe. In that game they showed more heart, more talent, more courage and more WILL than i've ever seen a team deliver. Gives me chills just thinking about it.
That was the greatest game with the Illinois semifinal game in 89 a close 2nd for me. But, be glad they didn't win the title; they would have taken the trophy away later.....
the fab 5 but that webber timeout still makes me sick to my stomach every time i see it...
Me too.....sigh. I was there for that one as well.
And you know what? Rob Pelinka was WIDE open if Chris had seen him. Our best three point shooter was uncovered (C-Web was triple teamed) and if he had only got him the ball.......
It makes me sick too. Everytime they show, if I can change it fast enough I do.
Webber shouldn't have had to have brought the ball up in the first place. Only Rose came back to the ball after he got the rebound, and he was closely guarded. Howard, Pelinka and King all ran upcourt, leaving our 6'9" center to bring up the ball in the most important possession of the season. Crazy.
TO was a gut punch but Webber travelled when he took the inbounds pass too. Not that there's anything wrong with that...
We would have been better off had they called a travel, as it turned out. UNC would have had the ball up 2 with like 16 or 17 seconds left, instead of the ball and two free throws with 11 seconds.
I was still relatively young when the Fab 5 played, but what I will always remember are the new swear words I learned after Chris Webber called "The Timeout", and watching my dad's hat fly 10 feet across the room hitting the TV in the dead center.
I'm looking forward to watching the posters on the board debate this movie over the next month or two. Speculative analysis to live analysis to post-analysis and on and on it goes. I won't even have to watch the movie!
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this is going to be the best 30 for 30 movie
its not actually 30 for 30, those were just the 30 films already released. It is instead some espn documentrary.
But I've read (I think from Simmons) that this is "presented by 30 for 30" or something like that, so I think we can expect the same quality and presentation style
Just wait until the Bartman one comes out. It sounds pretty frickin' epic.
I wish I was alive to watch the Fab 5. Everyday I hear great things about them. I saw Jalen Rose at a game once and got to shake his hand, which was pretty cool. Can't wait to see this film.