But all the Fab Five kept hearing about was how promising they had been and how many things they hadn't won. They hadn't won a national championship or a conference championship. Not like Duke. He lost three games to the Blue Devils. He heard the criticism.
Fife is a lifelong Michigan man.
His father played for the school. Dugan Fife, who was born to be a Wolverine, was being told that his school and his team were not good enough. Every game has been close. It just feels good to be on this side of it at the end. Michigan has finally beaten Duke.