Fab 5 Hold Off Spirited Runs by Stockton's Zags

 Michigan's 1993 Fab 5, actually in their sophomore seasons in the Value Add Basketball Game, blitzed 1984 Gonzaga with a 12-0 blitz to start a game but then had to survive spirited runs by John Stockton to advance 73-62. It was the second closer than expected game for the what appears to be one of the best teams of all time - as Dave Collins 1968 Florida State gave them a battle in their first game.

Stockton hit a 3-pointer with 10 minutes left in the game to get the Zags within 54-46, then with 8:54 to play (15 possessions left) stole it, scored and was fouled to gut it to 56-50.

Chris Webber then scored to make it 58-50 and blocked a Stockton shot to keep the 8-point lead, scoring again at the other end to get it back to double digits at 60-50.

The Zags had one more run left. Stockton scored consecutive baskets around the five minute mark to cut it to 64-58, and Michigan missed at the other end. However, Jalen Rose grabbed the offensive rebound and kicked it out to Chris Webber, who drained one of his surprising three 3-pointers of the game to put it away at 67-58 en route to the 73-62 win.

Webber averaged about one 3-pointer a game, and did that again a couple of years later in the NBA when he moved from NBA Center to Power Forward, and both in this college year and that NBA year shot it at better than 33%, but his incredible 68% on 2-pointers is what made him a 1st Team All-American to end his 2-year career en route to being one of the greatest NBA players of all time.

His 9 rebounds combined with Juwan Howard's 10 rebounds spurred the early 12-0 run. Michigan now awaits either the Glove Gary Payton's Oregon State team or the recent Tennessee 2023 team in this tournaments Sweet 16.

This is our third men's tournament. The late Bill Walton's UCLA team beat Michael Jordan's UNC team in our tournament of the first 96 teams we created, then Mario Chalmers Kansas team won the 2nd tournament of the next batch of teams we created before this tournament. 

 

Pos	Gonzaga 1984	Pts	3pt	2pt	FT	Att	Reb	Stl	Blk	Fl	Hts	Season Actual
1-PG	John Stockton	22	2	7	2	3	1	7	1	1	6'1	20.9 Pts, 2.4 Reb, 7.2 Ast
2-SG	Bryce McPhee	11	0	4	3	4	4	1	0	1	6'3	18.2 Pts, 6.7 Reb, 2.7 Ast
3-SF	Jeff Condill	5	0	2	1	1	5	0	1	1	6'3	12.1 Pts, 4.3 Reb, 2.8 Ast
4-PF	Jason Van Nort	5	0	2	1	2	5	0	0	2	6'9	11.0 Pts, 4.6 Reb, 0.4 Ast
5-C	Tim Ruff	9	0	3	3	4	6	0	0	1	6'10	9.0 Pts, 6.6 Reb, 0.8 Ast
1-PG	Mark Matthews	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	6'4	4.8 Pts, 1.5 Reb, 0.9 Ast
2-SG	Jeff Reinert	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	6'7	6.7 Pts, 5.3 Reb, 2.4 Ast
3-SF	Dave Clement	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	6'6	3.1 Pts, 2.3 Reb, 0.5 Ast
4-PF	Danny Roe	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	6'7	1.2 Pts, 1.1 Reb, 0.5 Ast
5-C	Blair Anderson	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	6'9	7.3 Pts, 4.8 Reb, 1.0 Ast
	Zags Totals	62	2	23	10	14	28	8	2	13		1.0 Pts, 0.0 Reb, 0.0 Ast
Pos	Michigan 1993	Pts	3pt	2pt	FT	Att	Reb	Stl	Blk	Fl	Hts	Season Actual
1-PG	Jimmy King	19	1	8	0	0	2	4	0	4	6'2	10.8 Pts, 4.4 Reb, 3.1 Ast
2-SG	Jalen Rose	8	0	4	0	0	2	1	2	2	6'3	15.4 Pts, 4.2 Reb, 3.9 Ast
3-SF	Ray Jackson	6	0	3	0	0	7	0	0	2	6'3	9.0 Pts, 4.1 Reb, 2.2 Ast
4-PF	Chris Webber	20	3	5	1	3	9	3	4	2	6'7	19.2 Pts, 10.1 Reb, 2.5 Ast
5-C	Juwan Howard	14	0	6	2	2	10	0	2	2	6'8	14.6 Pts, 7.4 Reb, 1.9 Ast
3-SF	Rob Pelinka	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	6'1	4.3 Pts, 2.1 Reb, 1.0 Ast
5-C	Eric Riley	4	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	6'0	5.6 Pts, 4.8 Reb, 0.4 Ast
	Wolverines Totals	73	4	29	3	5	32	8	8	15

Seed	Men's unbeaten	Player #All-Time Rank	Round of 32 & Sweet 16
1	Connecticut 2023, #7	Adama Sanogo	bye (next Gonz-TX)
2	Connecticut 1996, #14	Ray Allen #52	bye (next SMU-KS)
3	Western Kentucky 1966, #24	Clem Haskins	bye (next UNC-Xavier)
4	Houston 2021, #26	Quentin Grimes	bye (next Duke-Mia)
5	Purdue 2024, #35	Zach Edey	W 69-42 vs. UMass 1971, #219 (2nd R Gtown-ASU)
6	Michigan 1993, #36	Chris Webber #65	W 73-62 vs Gonzaga 1981, #216 (if W TN-Ore St)
7	Rutgers 1976, #39	Phil Sellers	W 84-82 OT vs. Duquesne 2024, #203 (Col-LSU)
8	North Carolina 1972, #40	Bob McAdoo #54	vs. Louisville 1968, #178 (if W UCLA-NC St)
9	UCLA 2008, #44	Russell Westbrook #46	vs. NC St. 2024, #153 (if W UNC-Lville)
10	Colorado 2021, #56	McKinley Wright	vs. LSU 1953, #147 (if W Rutg-Duqu)
11	Tennessee 2023, #59	Santiago Vescovi	vs. Oregon St. 1990, #140 (if W MI-Gonz)
12	Georgetown 1989, #63	Alonzo Mourning #69	vs. Arizona St. 2009, #139 (if W Purdue)
13	Duke 2015, #65	Justise Winslow	vs. Miami 2023, #131 (if W Houston)
14	North Carolina 2022, #67	Armando Bacot	vs. Xavier 2023, #86 (if W West KY)
15	SMU 2017, #70	Semi Ojeleye	vs. Kansas 2022, #79 (if W Uconn 1996)
16	Texas 2023, #71	Marcus Carr	vs. Gonzaga 2023, #76 (if W Uconn 2023)
17	Gonzaga 2023, #76	Drew Timme	vs. Texas 2023, #71 (if W Uconn 2023)
18	Kansas 2022, #79	Ochai Agbaji	vs. SMU 2017, #70 (if W Uconn 1996)
19	Xavier 2023, #86	Jack Nunge	vs. North Carolina 2022, #67 (if W West KY)
20	Miami 2023, #131	Norchad Omier	vs. Duke 2015, #65 (if W Houston)
21	Arizona St. 2009, #139	James Harden #33	vs. Georgetown 1989, #63 (if W Purdue)
22	Oregon St. 1990, #140	Gary Payton #48	vs. Tennessee 2023, #59 (if W MI-Gonz)
23	LSU 1953, #147	Bob Pettit #31	vs. Colorado 2021, #56 (if W Rutg-Duqu)
24	NC St. 2024, #153	D.J. Burns	vs. UCLA 2008, #44 (if W UNC-Lville)
25	Louisville 1968, #178	Wes Unseld #60	vs. North Carolina 1972, #40 (if W UCLA-NC St)
26	Duquesne 2024, #203	Jimmy Clark	L 84-82 OT vs Rutgers 1976 (Eliminated)
27	Gonzaga 1981, #216	John Stockton #25	vs. Michigan 1993, #36 Eliminated
28	Massachusetts 1971, #219	Julius Erving #19	L 42-69 vs. Purdue 2024 #35, Eliminated