*Test Two* Another from my old blog.

You see it in articles everywhere. It has been since the Fab Five days that Michigan has been considered a “Basketball” school. In 2009 and 2011 the Wolverines advanced to the Round of 32, but how meaningful is that when Mid-Major’s do the same year after year? Even during the Fab Five era, they were only “Second Best”. You have to go back a few years earlier to 1989 to find Michigan’s last and only NCAA Championship team.

Want an idea on how long ago that was? Two current Wolverines, Corey Person and Josh Bartelstein, were born later that same year.  The rest of the team; born between ’90 and ’94. This means all five of Michigan’s tournament starters were infants during the Fab Five era, or, yet to be born. So essentially, if you are a college student, or younger, this is the first time you have seen the Michigan Wolverines make a deep tournament run.

Then again, this weekend’s Final Four in Atlanta is historic no matter what age you are as a Michigan fan. Ever since the first Michigan Basketball team played in 1908, the Wolverines have only advanced to the Final Four seven times, including this year (1964, 1965, 1976, 1989, 1992*, 1993*, 2013).  So unless your date of birth is in the mid to late 50’s, which is still a wide range of Michigan faithful, you don’t have much experience watching the Wolverines boast NCAA Tournament success.  And even though the Wolverines have advanced five out of the six prior Final Fours, they only have the one National Championship banner to brag about. How many teams, other then the Fab Five, are remembered nationally for being a runner-up? Not many. The team today is very similar to the Fab Five, especially being the youngest team in the tournament field. However, in order to be remembered nationally, they will need to at least advance to the championship game.  Of course, winning it all will cement them in history forever.

Sure, with today’s technology you can revisit the past, and get excited about the Wolverines 20+ years ago. You can even tune in to the Big Ten Network and catch the 1989 championship game against Seton Hall this week. But unless you were old enough to remember it, you weren’t able to experience it live.

That is what makes this weekend that much MORE special. Of course it is historic, as it is the first Final Four for the Wolverines in 20 years, but it is much more then that. It is the very first time that a huge percent of the Michigan fan base will actually get to witness their team make history, and possibly go down as one of the best teams of all time. So as you tune in this weekend, and hopefully for a Championship Monday night, be very thankful. This is just as historic for the oldest generation of Michigan fans, as it is for the younger generation. It's another chance to watch Michigan once again be a "Basketball" school

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