The Fab Five

Posted By: Stacie Coulter on March 14, 2011

By: Kristen Coates

For those film fans who are currently wrapped up in March Madness, this writer heavily recommends you tune into ESPN at 9pm ET, for the premiere of ESPN Films’ The Fab Five.

By the producers of ESPN’s 30 for 30 documentary series, this two hour film tells the captivating story of one of the most famous/infamous teams in college basketball history.

It all began in the fall of 1991, when five freshmen- Juwan Howard, Jimmy King, Ray Jackson, Jalen Rose and Chris Webber- set foot on the campus of the University of Michigan, representing the greatest class ever recruited. For all freshmen college recruits, these five freshmen were among the top 100. Four of them, among the top 10.

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