Michigan has a chance to join the 1989 Wolverines as champions, and surpass the more famous Fab Five
When the conversation involves great Michigan basketball teams of the past, it's inevitably about the group known collectively as the Fab Five. But it was UM's 1989 team that won the school's only championship.
Michigan has a chance to join the 1989 Wolverines as champions, and surpass the more famous Fab Five originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . INDIANAPOLIS – Whatever piece of Michigan gear he might be wearing at the moment, it is hard to miss Terry Mills when he walks into a room.
He stands 6-10 and has the shoulders of a long-time NBA power forward, and the gentle smile of someone whose elbow-throwing days are long past. Mills has been the analyst on the Wolverines radio network for more than a decade. And when he’s around, there is a particular piece of attire Wolverines senior Will Tschetter always notices.
“We see that ring on his finger,” Tschetter told The Sporting News. “I’ve been seeing that thing for five years. Just to be able to see that and what that means to him, and those other guys who’ve come back for alumni events and things like that – we know how much that means to them and how much it means to the program.
We just want to get another one for all those guys who came before us. ” MARCH MADNESS HQ: Live NCAA bracket | TV schedule | Latest news and more Michigan, which will face UConn at Lucas Oil Stadium Monday night for the 2026 NCAA Championship, which would be the second in school history. Whenever Michigan basketball history becomes a topic of discussion, however, inevitably it surrounds the quintet known for three decades as the Fab Five.
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