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Since March 24, the Aztecs have won the biggest two games in school history, first against No. This has been quite a month for Dutcher and San Diego State. “I don’t physically get a (championship) ring, but in my heart, I get a diamond,” Rose said.įormer Fab Five guard Jimmy King put it like this: “I wouldn’t say it would be vindication for us, but at least it would be a completion,” King told USA TODAY Sports

“If they make it to the championship, I might have to interrupt my life and fly out there and go represent,” Rose told USA TODAY Sports in an interview Wednesday. The Aztecs play Florida Atlantic in a national semifinal game Saturday at 6 p.m. Now they are back with their hearts, if not their bodies. They had the same fate the year before, either, when they became the first starting lineup of five freshmen to play for the national title but lost to Duke.

They fell short the last time, when they lost to North Carolina in the national championship game, 77-71, on April 5, 1993. “They texted me 'Good luck,' 'Congratulations,' 'Go get ‘em.' " “I’ve heard from all five of them,” Dutcher told USA TODAY Sports on Tuesday. But they were and always will be “The Fab Five.” Thirty years later, they remain one of the greatest recruiting classes in college basketball history:Ĭhris Webber, Juwan Howard, Jalen Rose, Jimmy King and Ray Jackson.Įach is now 49 or 50.

It also was the last time they all were together as players and coaches – Dutcher and the five freshmen he helped recruit to Michigan in 1991. That was when Dutcher last coached in the Final Four, then as an assistant at Michigan under then-head coach Steve Fisher. After his team beat Creighton that day to advance to the Final Four, the San Diego State men’s basketball coach got slammed with congratulatory text messages and calls, including five that seemed to travel through time from 30 years ago.įlash back to April 1993. SAN DIEGO – Brian Dutcher’s phone has been going a little crazy since Sunday. Watch Video: March Madness: This is the most random Final Four we've ever seen