![]() Since then, a Teddy Pendergrass version has been used the most-famous version (and the one used Monday night) was recorded by the great Luther Vandross - supposedly the last song he recorded before his death. It was written by David Barrett and, yes, it is actually about the tournament. No matter how intriguing the highlights, none of that outweighs the gooey lyrics and elevator-music-quality tune of the song playing under them. ![]() You’d think the Blue Devils made the Final Four or something. Too soon?Īnd of course there was a ton of Duke and, more specifically, super freshman Zion Williamson. A metaphor for their performance in their 91-74 loss to Buffalo? Oof. Never underestimate the lowest common denominator.ĭon’t get me wrong - I loved a snippet of Wofford beating Seton Hall and announcer Ian Eagle shouting, “Fletcher Magee is not human!” (Turns out he was Magee missed every three-pointer he took in a loss to Kentucky.)Īrizona State made the video - a quick shot of Luguentz Dort falling on his back. ( USA Today compiled all of them in one handy place, if you’re a glutton for punishment.) Of course, people love Big Macs and Sean Hannity, too. You would have thought I kicked someone’s dog. I mentioned this on social media during Virginia’s 85-77 win over Texas Tech in the national championship Monday night. But the song is so bad, so treacly, so god-awful, that it drowns out the thrills with all the smarmy tears it’s trying to create. ![]() Not the video itself, which is both exciting and an impressive piece of editing, some of it on the fly. If you don’t know, at the conclusion of every NCAA Tournament since 1987, once the final game is over and the trophies have been handed out, CBS or Turner, depending on who’s broadcasting, airs a video that compiles highlights from the first round to the last, set to the song “One Shining Moment.” As part of the 14-year, $11 billion deal that began in 2011, Turner and CBS will alternate as the Final Four broadcaster from 2016 to the conclusion of the deal in 2024.Watch Video: Bill Goodykoontz: NCAA title game was an OT thrillerĬhances are you don’t, if social media is any judge. This year's Final Four is on TBS for the first time. Knight's Indiana Hoosiers beat the Syracuse Orange that night to win the title on Keith Smart's jumper. The highlights set to the now-familiar music featured coaches including Jim Boeheim getting a Gatorade bath, Jerry Tarkanian biting his towel and Bobby Knight slamming his hand on the scorer's table. On March 30, 1987, CBS played the song in the background of a montage that included players such as Sherman Douglas, Rony Seikaly, Derrick Coleman, David Robinson and J.R. Wednesday is the 29th anniversary of the song's first airing. It was Barrett's voice on the recording for the first seven years from 1987 to 1993 and again from 2000 to 2002.īarrett told on Tuesday that he had not been informed that there would be a new artist singing the song. ![]() After being strongly criticized by fans, CBS returned with the Vandross version the following year. In 2010, CBS commissioned Jennifer Hudson to do a version that veered from the original. The version of the song, composed by David Barrett, with Vandross' vocals first aired in 2003 and was used every year through 2009. "One Shining Moment" will be sung by a new artist this year, a Turner executive revealed Tuesday.Ĭraig Barry, executive vice president and chief content officer of Turner Sports, disclosed the news in a conference call but didn't elaborate.įor the past five years, the song that accompanies the montage at the end of the NCAA men's basketball tournament was a recording by Luther Vandross. ![]()
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