NEW YORK — Michigan’s “Fab Five” will reunite during Saturday’s Final Four.

Chris Webber, Jalen Rose, Juwan Howard, Jimmy King and Ray Jackson will be part of an alternate broadcast on truTV and HBO Max when the Wolverines face Arizona in the second national semifinal. The winner will advance to play Connecticut or Illinois for the title on Monday night.

“It’s going to be great, and we’re excited about it,” King said Thursday in a telephone interview. “It’s a symbol of our support of the University of Michigan, especially because our team is doing so well in the tournament. The team has looked good all season, being dominant and setting records and the way they’re doing it, it’s been fun to watch.

“We want to just come together and be fans of guys on the cusp of doing something historical.”

The traditional broadcast will be on TBS, TNT and HBO Max.

The five members of Michigan’s iconic 1991 recruiting class, who led the Wolverines to the Final Four in 1992 and ’93, have reunited only a handful of times. Rose and Webber have been part of TBS, TNT and truTV’s studio crew during the NCAA Tournament.

The Fab Five was estranged for many years because of Webber’s association with a Michigan booster. The scandal resulted in the program having to forfeit victories from Webber’s two seasons and the Final Four banners being removed. The NCAA also banned Webber from associating with the program for 10 years.

The relationship healed after Howard was hired as Michigan’s basketball coach in 2019. Howard led the program for five seasons and was fired two years ago.

Karachi Kings completed a 198-run chase as Azam Khan and David Warner struck rapid half-centuries in the 10th match of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) 11 at Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium on Thursday.

Set to chase 198, the 2020 champions knocked the winning runs for the loss of five wickets and four balls to spare, courtesy of a crucial 76-run partnership for the third wicket between Azam and Warner.

The Kings got off to a contrasting start to their pursuit as they lost right-handed opener Muhammad Waseem in the third over with 27 runs on the board.

Following the early setback, Salman Ali Agha (29) joined skipper Warner, and the duo batted sensibly to anchor the run chase with an important 43-run partnership for the second wicket, which culminated with the former’s dismissal in the ninth over.

Agha’s dismissal paved the way for Azam to walk out and bat at No.5 ahead of experienced all-rounder Moeen Ali, and the move paid dividends for the 2020 champions, as he, alongside captain Warner, put together a crucial partnership for the Kings.

While Daryl Mitchell got rid of Kings’ captain Warner in the 16th over, Azam continued the onslaught and put the former champions within touching distance before being dismissed by Mohammad Amir in the penultimate over.

Azam top-scored for the Kings with a blazing 74 off 34 deliveries, studded with six fours and as many sixes, while Warner made a 36-ball 50, featuring six fours and a six.

Mitchell struck on the first delivery of the final over, dismissing Moeen Ali (five) to cause a stir in the Kings’ pursuit, but Abbas Afridi smashed a six on the subsequent delivery to steer his side to their third straight triumph in PSL 11.

Mitchell was the pick of the bowlers for RawalPindiz, taking three wickets for 32 runs in his 3.2 overs, while Naseem Shah and Amir could pick up one apiece.

Kings captain David Warner’s decision to field first backfired as the tournament debutants racked up 197/6 in their 20 overs, courtesy of a monumental fourth-wicket partnership between Mitchell and Billings.

The Pindiz got off to a shaky start to their innings as Hasan Ali dismissed their captain, Mohammad Rizwan (21), in the third over with just 28 runs on the board.

Khushdil Shah inflicted further setbacks on the new entrants by getting rid of Yasir Khan (eight) and Kamran Ghulam (10) in quick succession, bringing the total down to 55/3 in 6.1 overs.

Following the early setback, Mitchell and Billings joined forces and turned the game on its head with a 120-run partnership for the fourth wicket, during which they both brought up their respective half-centuries.

Experienced pacer Hasan eventually broke the threatening partnership in the 18th over by dismissing Billings, while Mitchell fell prey to Mir Hamza on the first delivery of the penultimate over.

Mitchell remained the top-scorer for RawalPindiz with 65 off 41 deliveries, studded with five fours and three sixes, while Billings smashed eight fours and a six on his way to a 35-ball 58.

Abdullah Fazal ensured retaining Pindiz’s momentum with an unbeaten 17-run cameo, coming off just eight deliveries and featuring three boundaries, including two sixes.

Hasan was the standout bowler for the Kings, taking three wickets for just 24 runs in his four overs, followed by Khushdil with two, while Hamza bagged one.

It’s been over a week since North Carolina fired basketball coach Hubert Davis. Since then, there have been few updates on the Tar Heels’ coaching search.

The silence is deafening, so deafening that despite a dynamic men’s Final Four in Indianapolis this weekend — UConn vs. Illinois, Arizona vs. Michigan — UNC will be a primary topic of discussion, from power broker-filled downtown bars to news conferences in Lucas Oil Stadium, with up to three potential targets involved among the four head coaches.

“People are going to speculate all they want,” Arizona coach Tommy Lloyd said Tuesday. “This team has my full focus. Nothing, nothing, I promise you — nothing — is knocking me off that path.”

There is no doubt Lloyd is all about leading the Wildcats to a national title. What he said also wasn’t a denial of interest in the job.

And it is just the start, not just for Lloyd, but Michigan’s Dusty May and even, perhaps, Connecticut’s Dan Hurley. (Illinois’ Brad Underwood is not believed to be on the radar).

The belief is UNC is willing to go “outside the family” — i.e., a non-alumni or former assistant — for the first time since 1952, when it hired St. John’s coach Frank McGuire.

If it wanted anyone else outside the Final Four teams, then this would likely be over. Yet, sources across the sport say Carolina has done little to no outreach to perceived second-tier candidates, suggesting that barring a surprise, they are waiting to talk to their top choice(s).

Meanwhile, there is the transfer portal, which is how rosters are increasingly built. It opens Tuesday. If someone isn’t in place by then — much of the work is actually already being done — then the prospects for next season are already troubling. So what else would explain the delay?

Someone among Lloyd, May and/or Hurley must be the target.

Chicago Bulls coach Billy Donovan’s name has been floated, but even if he wanted to leave the NBA, there is little chance he would do so before the end of the season on April 12. That makes his timing, portal-wise at least, even worse.

No fan wants to hear their coach linked to an opening. However, in an era where rosters are increasingly year-to-year deals, the impact of such talk is less likely to rattle a locker room.

Maybe the better question is whether any of them would actually go, rather than using the one-sided interest to garner a raise?

UNC remains a special place, and again can be a great program, but this isn’t 10 years ago, let alone 25.

The parts that made it elite — tradition, the ACC, the Duke rivalry, television exposure, fan attention, shoe company alignment, etc. — matter less. Money for players, style of play and personality of the coach matter more.

That certainly doesn’t make every job even — it’s still Carolina — but the gap likely isn’t as wide.

In the extreme, consider Hurley, who can win his third title in four years, which would be more than the two that Smith won across 36 seasons in Chapel Hill. It also would be UConn’s seventh national championship since 1999, or one more than UNC has ever won.

How isn’t UConn the best program in the country, especially for Hurley, whose general demeanor could be described as outraged New York City taxi driver?

That works in the Northeast. Maybe not elsewhere.

As for Lloyd and May, why leave places that have already proved capable of providing the resources and support to construct powerhouse teams? These aren’t upstart clubs on unexpected, underdog Final Four runs. They’ve been dominant all season.

What resources can UNC provide that they don’t currently enjoy? How much better can they get? And on the flip side, what hidden hurdles await in Chapel Hill, political or otherwise?

There is the matter of money. Lloyd (about $5.2 million annually) and May ($5.1 million) have room to climb before hitting the level of Hurley ($7.7 million) or industry leader Bill Self of Kansas ($8.8 million).

However, Arizona AD Desiree Reed-Francois and Michigan AD Warde Manuel have been public about their willingness to rework contracts.

Manuel, whose department is in the middle of an independent review of its practices following a series of mostly football scandals, would seem particularly averse to seeing a bright, popular young coach leave on his watch.

Looming over everything is the opening of the portal just minutes after the conclusion of Monday’s national title game. Not only does Carolina need a coach ASAP but if one of the coaches mentioned were to leave, their old spot would have to scramble. The calendar is chaotic.

So here come the whispers and speculation and news conference questions — a Carolina blue backdrop to the Final Four.