Fab Five

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The Fab Five nickname has been applied to the following:

• The starters on the University of Michigan men's basketball team that reached the NCAA championship game as freshmen in 1992 and again as sophomores in 1993. A scandal forced the university to forfeit many of their achievements:

Chris Webber, Jalen Rose, Juwan Howard, Jimmy King, Ray Jackson^[1]

• The five most prominent Disney animated characters:

Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy, and Pluto^[2]

• The members of 1980s pop band Duran Duran:

Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes, John Taylor, Andy Taylor, and Roger Taylor^[3]

• The rap crew "The Fab 5", founded in 1995:

Rock, Ruck, Starang Wondah, Louieville Sluggah, and Top Dog

• The five midfielders for Australian Football League club Brisbane Lions in 2001, 2002 and 2003:

Michael Voss, Nigel Lappin, Simon Black, Jason Akermanis, Luke Power

• The hosts of the television show Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, launched in 2003:

Ted Allen, Kyan Douglas, Thom Filicia, Carson Kressley, and Jai Rodriguez^[4]

• Five conservative State Senators elected in Illinois in 1992 who were dubbed the 'fab five' for their role in challenging the leadership of the state GOP. ^[5]

Dave Syverson, Steve Rauschenberger, Patrick O'Malley, Chris Lauzen, and Peter Fitzgerald

• A rare celestial occurrence when all five planets that are viewable from Earth with the unaided eye are present in night sky.

Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn

• The Broadway musicals considered the five best on Broadway right now.

The Phantom of the Opera, Wicked, The Lion King, Hairspray, and Rent.

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• The Fabulous Five (who predated the Beatles by more than a decade) were the starting players on the University of Kentucky men's basketball team that won the 1948 NCAA championship, as well as the gold medal in 1948 Olympic basketball:

Alex Groza, Ralph Beard, Kenny Rollins, Wallace "Wah Wah" Jones, Cliff Barker

• The Hibs Famous Five was a group of forwards who played football for Edinburgh's Hibernian from 1949 to 1955:

Gordon Smith, Bobby Johnstone, Lawrie Reilly, Eddie Turnbull, Willie Ormond

• The Fabulous Five was the nickname also given to the starting members of the University of Iowa's 1956 national runners-up basketball team. Members include:

Sharm Scheuerman, Bill Seaberg, Carl Cain, Bill Schoof, and Bill Logan

• The Thad Five was the nickname given to the starting members of The Ohio State University's 2007 national runners-up Buckeye's men's basketball team. Named after Buckeye's head coach Thad Matta. Members include:

Greg Oden, Michael Conley, Daequen Cook, Othello Hunter and David Lighty

The Fab 4 is a reference to the Lakers during the 2003-2004 season, as the team consisted of 4 superstars, Shaquille O'Neal, Kobe Bryant, Karl Malone, and Gary Payton. Many people expected them to win the championship,and go down in history as one of the greatest teams ever assembled. However, injuries to several key players, a rape charge against Kobe Bryant, and feuding between O'Neal and Bryant caused many distractions for the team. They reached the championship but lost to the Pistons in 5 games.

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