Chris Webber, Jalen Rose Open Up in Video on Infamous Michigan Timeout in 1993 National Title Game

Former Michigan standouts Chris Webber and Jalen Rose discussed Webber's infamous timeout call in the championship game of the 1993 NCAA tournament.

"If I had one game to show my children, right? And they never saw me play or anything, I would show them the timeout game," Webber said during an appearance on The Steam Room podcast (22:48 mark). "Because that game I was the best player on the floor. I led points in scoring and rebounding and others. And I would show them how it doesn't matter, that you can have a great game and you can still lose. I would hope that their thought would be, 'Damn. Daddy was that good and he continued to get better after the worst moment?'"

"So I hope that's what it proves because it took a lot and a lot of wonderful people around me to keep encouraging me," he added. "Luckily I was the number one pick right after and things like that. But it was a difficult process right after calling it because you feel lonely, you know what you did, you know what others did, you know how it could have gone, you're mad at guys, you're mad at yourself, you're happy that you have another opportunity, you know what I mean? There's just so many mixed emotions that one, I'm proud of how I handled it after. Having a father, take whatever rap they're going to give you and continue. Don't be bitter. It's always a work in progress to continue to try to get better."

Meanwhile, Rose described how he felt in the Wolverines' locker room following the loss in the title game.

"What I really hate is I feel like I played my worst game that night of all season," Rose said (25:16 mark). "I feel like that was my personal worst game. So I was pissed at myself, I wasn't even really tripping on the timeout situation. I was so mad at myself about how I personally played, so I didn't really digest the gravity of people feeling like that cost us the game. I felt like I cost us the game in my head."

With Michigan trailing by two points and 11 seconds remaining against North Carolina in the 1993 men's basketball championship game, Webber called for a timeout the team did not have.

The Wolverines were given a technical foul as a result, as the Tar Heels went on to secure a 77-71 win. Webber finished the game with 23 points and 11 rebounds, while Rose scored 12 points on 5-of-12 shooting.

The loss marked the end of Michigan's "Fab Five" era that included Webber, Rose, Juwan Howard, Jimmy King and Ray Jackson.

Webber was subsequently selected with the No. 1 overall pick in the 1993 NBA draft, earning five All-Star nods during his career in the association.