The Michigan basketball scandal hasn’t helped their standing either. After allegations and sanctions and court appearances, the Fab Five’s records have been vacated and officially they don’t exist in the record books. Webber isn’t allowed to associate with Michigan and the school can’t celebrate one of its best teams of all time.
There’s no doubt the Fab Five had talent. With eye-popping slams and a knack for trash talking, they ushered in change to college basketball. But given their hype and talent, they seemed to underachieve just a bit. They didn’t even win a Big Ten Title for crying out loud!
The Tigers 119-loss season-
After spiraling into mediocrity in the late 1990s, the Tigers put an exclamation point on their awfulness in 2003, going 43-119, finishing one loss short of tying the record for most losses in a season.
How bad were the Tigers in 2003?
-Three of their starting pitchers had 15 or more losses, capped by Mike Maroth losing 21.
-They finished in last place in the AL Central, 47 games behind the Minnesota Twins.
-The team battling average was .240. The AL average was .259. Dimitri Young led the team with a .297 average.
As a fan, this was painful to watch given the status of the team for the previous few years. After losing their first nine games, they were 5-25 after 30 games. For the season they had 10 streaks of 6 or more losses. Watching the games on TV, there was often no reason to watch beyond the third or fourth inning because the team was so bad.
A season like this and some of the ones that preceded it, have made Tigers fans truly cherish the team’s resurgence under Jim Leyland. Sure, there was disappointment when they lost in the World Series in 2006, but I think the fact that they actually got there still made it a great moment for the team and a city aching for good baseball.
Michigan football loses to Appalachian State in its 2007 season opener-
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