Former Michigan basketball star Jalen Rose isn’t just holding out hope anymore.
He fully expects Michigan to someday, and potentially soon, restore the the Final Four banners to the Crisler Center rafters.
“It will happen, we all know it will happen,” Rose told The News last week, before being inducted into the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame. “You can’t erase the legacy of what took place.
“Hopefully something grave doesn’t have to happen to one of us for it to actually take place.”
The 1992 and 1993 Final Four banners were removed in 2002, wiping out the achievements of the fabled Fab Five — after the Ed Martin scandal came to light and, eventually, cost coach Steve Fisher his job.