Michigan's Manuel interested in Fab Five talk at 25-year anniversary

There is a planned campus symposium Oct. 8, but no reconnection strategy is in place

(Photo: Alan R. Kamuda, AP)Warde Manuel was a graduate student at Michigan during the emergence of the Fab Five. He was an associate athletic director when the group’s most prominent member, Chris Webber, was confirmed by U-M booster Ed Martin to have accepted money.

So Manuel has a unique perspective on the Fab Five as its 25th anniversary arrives next season.

And while he has said to reporters he’s interested in a discussion about their impact, that’s only related to the planned campus symposium Oct. 8, not an official athletic department’s position on the group.

The university had a 10-year ban with Webber…