ANN ARBOR, Mich. – In the coaches’ locker room of the newly renovated Crisler Center, there are floor-to-ceiling murals of two former University of Michigan greats. Not pictured is Cazzie Russell, perhaps the most beloved basketball player in program history – he has his own section on the concourse. Not pictured his Glen Rice, who shot Michigan to its most recent national title in 1989 – he too has tributes elsewhere in the building. No, the two Wolverines in the coaches’ room are Jalen Rose and Juwan Howard, leaders of the most beloved and disgraced team in Michigan history. The Fab Five is still hovering over this program, a generation after the players left. The group led Michigan to back-to-back national championship games (as freshmen and sophomores) with a brand of basketball that was ferocious and freewheeling and a little bit feckless. But after they left, Chris Webber was found…
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