Fab 5 Documentary. March 13th on ESPN 8pm CST

[Pills]

Saw a commercial for this last week. Oddly, my FIL is in from Ann Arbor, so I'm sure we'll be watching together.

First game I was at was the first Duke game in our collective freshman year. We had some amazing seats to later games; you'll probably see me in the crowd wearing some flannel with long hair and an earring. When we beat Indiana in one of the last home games that year, Webber jumped up on the scorer's table not 6 feet from where we were, which was a few rows behind the Indiana bench.

I still remember knowing it was over. It was the last game junior year. I forgot who we were playing, but we were blowing someone out, and the scrubs were coming in. One was waiting, and waiting, and waiting, with the crowd chanting his name. Finally, Jalen committed a foul, to the tremendous cheers of the crowd. We then started chanting "Thank you, Jalen!", as he waved to the crowd and took his seat. That was the moment - it didn't feel like we were thanking him for committing the foul, but for his three years.

Side note - one of the guys way down the bench lived in my apartment building that year. He scored 15 that game, and was actually featured on Sportscenter.

 

[NAHSTE]

I listened to the Simmons podcast with Jalen Rose today, it had some really great stuff. I'm even more excited for this now.

 

[Pills]

I recorded the first showing, and it's on again...

Holy shit, I'm reliving my freshman year right now. This is crazy.

 

[Rudi]

Documentary was awesome.

 

[NAHSTE]

Fuck, I missed this. When's it on again?

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

This was an awesome 30for30. Maybe the best.

 

[mcstl25]

Great documentary. Michigan was my favorite college team when I was a kid, mostly because of the fab 5. Pretty cool to relive it as an adult.

 

[Rudi]

Jalen Rose was dat dude.

 

[Mogriffjr]

funny...Duke was recruiting Webber hard...but Duke doesn't recruit inner city kids....

 

[NAHSTE]

funny...Duke was recruiting Webber hard...but Duke doesn't recruit inner city kids....

But Chris Webber wasn't as rough around the edges as the rest of the five, and he went to a private high school called Detroit Country Day. He was more of the "Duke profile" than say, Jalen or Juwan.

 

[EmpireWF]

It was a fun documentary.

Any docs out there about the 1980s Georgetown bball teams?

 

[NAHSTE]

It was a fun documentary.

Any docs out there about the 1980s Georgetown bball teams?

I want to say there's one about Villanova upsetting them in the tournament, that's as close as I cant think of. It covers the whole "Hoya paranoia" thing in great detail.

 

[ralaw]

I enjoyed it as well. They did a good job of describing the infuence they had on basketball as well as culture as a whole. Well done.

 

[FirstTimer]

Really awesome show.

Thought they did a great job going over the Webber TO stuff in the NC Game. Interesting that to this day theyd on't talk about it.

Would have been insane if they had beat UNC and all come out for the draft together. That was really a cool moment to hear that they had talked about that plan.

Really great show. Easily one of the best 30 for 30 has done..if not the best.

 

[jeffx]

Wonderful, eye-opening program. And it reminds me why I can't stand the NCAA and their shills in the media.

Has anyone seen the show about Tark?

 

[DJ Rhude]

Great show, I remember pulling for them hard even though I wasn't a Michigan fan....Love the way Rose kept it 100 throughout the interview

 

[shag773]

It was a fun documentary.

Any docs out there about the 1980s Georgetown bball teams?

I want to say there's one about Villanova upsetting them in the tournament, that's as close as I cant think of. It covers the whole "Hoya paranoia" thing in great detail.

I think HBO did a doc on this a couple years ago..

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

funny...Duke was recruiting Webber hard...but Duke doesn't recruit inner city kids....

He went to a private school...dude's an Uncle Tom, but he got together with some real thugs and the G came out of C-Webb.

Jalen was a real G though...dude talked mad smack about Duke. I went from not liking him to loving dude after this. Dude had that 'Cane swagger.

 

[NAHSTE]

I am pissed I missed out on this. I have to wait until it re-airs on Monday now. I feel like the one guy at the water cooler who never saw the current hit movie and has to wait until it hits DVD.

 

[Pills]

He went to a private school...dude's an Uncle Tom, but he got together with some real thugs and the G came out of C-Webb.

Jalen was a real G though...dude talked mad smack about Duke. I went from not liking him to loving dude after this. Dude had that 'Cane swagger.

I remember when we beat OSU in the Elite 8, a LOT of people went down to South U., one of the main streets near campus, and where people would, for some reason, gather for things sports related. It's where I was tear-gassed in my first weekend as a college student due to a Michigan-ND fight.

It was fun to be among a few thousand people chanting "We want Duke!". Everyone was looking past Cincinnati. We wanted to avenge that loss; wasn't meant to be, obviously.