UK's Fab Five??

I'll be rooting for UConn, but not really because of this.   The Fab 5 have had their time to shine, and they're known for a lot more than being 5 freshmen that did very well.

(Edited to sound less dickish.  Since I have a habit of sounding dickish)

Kuck Fentucky!!!!

At least not ALL of our freshmen accepted cash and other illegal benefits.

Rooting for UConn. Not because of the 5 freshmen, but because Calipari seems like a jerk. Whenever I have seen his press conferences he always seems to discredit the notion that the other team outplayed his team. It's always "well we didn't do this, or we didn't do that" and one of the things I find endearing about Beilein is his ability to give credit where it's due. 

Rooting for Kentucky. My dad wins like $500 if they win. Some blind pool he bought in to. 

It's a totally different era and game now. Much easier for a freshman to make an impact now in the  in the "one and done" age. The college game is much younger now then back when the Fab Five played, and freshmen are often the best players in the game (look at the draft histories since the age limit rule went into effect).

Records were meant to be broken, and it was only a matter of time until an all freshmen lineup won a championship with the way the draft eligibility rules are setup today. I don't really care who wins tonight but probably leaning Connecticut because Calipari irritates me.

Well, I believe Fab Five is a trademarked term (by Jalen maybe). So no, just like the US women's gynamastics team in 2012 found out, UK legally and technically doesn't have a Fab Five.  Take that, Parrish!

(Edit) - Besides, the Fab Five changed the face of college basketball (and athletic fashion as well).  There is much more to what Webber and Co. accomplished than just hardware in a trophy case.

...it seemed pretty improbable that a starting lineup of freshmen could nearly win the NCAA championship but we also need to consider the context.  It was a different era then and the Fab 5 were battling many senior-laden teams.

In today's context with so many younger players getting into games and then moving to the pros after a year or two, probably it's more surprising that all-freshmen teams haven't yet won a title in this era.

this is just one of the many reasons we are all huskies tonight.

I simply find Kentucky annoying, and don't want them to win.

Having said that, I think we're a bit jealous. Wouldn't almost every team like to have such gifted individuals come to their school?

I'm not sure that Calipari is a jerk. He is just dealing with the hand he has been dealt, and the fact that many one and done players are coming to congregate at UK.

I really wish Michigan or Wisconsin had knocked UK off, but it didn't happen. To their credit, the Michigan players were respectful, and gave UK credit. They dared UK to hit from outside the arc, and they did. What can you say?

I hate Calipari.  Ergo, Go Huskies!

I'll echo some comments above.  The fact is that the Fab Five had a CULTURAL impact.  This was the true differentiator of that team, not just that they were five freshman starters (although that in itself was also unique) that made two national championship games in a row.  

Good for those UK kids.  They're uber-talented and having a great run.  But they aren't, and never will be, on the level of the Fab Five.  

If you don't think so, you are the most naive college basketball fan on the planet. Cheering for the Huskies because I do not want to see the human slime win another championship. 

I agree with most posters. The Fab Five played in a different era. Their impact on and off the court cannot be understated (within the context of college athletics). UK's group are a bunch of highly rated individuals who really underachieved until three weeks ago. The Fab Five came in with high expectations, but no one outside of Ann Arbor wouldve thought that those guys wouldve had the lead at halftime against Duke in the title game. What the Fab Five did was truly incredible. I cant see anyone other than Julius Randle starting on the Fab Five. Rose, King, Howard, and Webber would eat the sad five's cheerios without saying please or thank you.

And Calipari is a used car salesman with a whistle. Hes the same guy who left his team out to dry when they were underperforming this earlier this year. Hes a frontrunner that cheats. He has no ability to develop talent or really even coach a team. Hes pretty much running an NBA prep program like its an AAU team.

I'm rooting for UConn simply because I hate John Calipari.

Rooting for Kentucky.  I would rather have the team that knocked Michigan out of the tournament win than the team that knocked MSU out. 

I'm rooting for UConn, but because Calipari is a scumbag, not because of any threat to the Fab Five's legacy.

Kentucky is a talented team, as we know first hand, and it would be huge accomplishment if they win the title game tonight. That being said, they are NOT the next Fab Five. Winning (or not winning) was only one of the many factors that made our collection of freshmen special. The Fab Five forever changed the culture of college basketball - for better or worse. This UK team, while very talented on the court, has done no such thing.

All of that being said, go Huskies! I couldn't stand the ESS-EEE-SEE winning another title.

(KU, UK - Who's paying attention?)

But there's no way they would have gotten all the way through the 92 tournament, including 92 Kentucky. And certainly not 92 Duke. Back then there with teams with multiple pros as upperclassmen.

It took twenty years and two documentaries to come even remotely close. . .  And odds are people won't remember them so much as they'll remember the original fab five after it's done. . .

Sure someone has already said it, but those Duke and Carolina teams are better than anything college basketball has produced since the one-and-done rule has been implemented.

the enduring memories. The Fab Five rocked college basketball for two years; Kentucky. . . not even a discernible playing style, let alone players who compel our attention. The Fab Five was a cultural force!