“One Shining Moment” is the greatest college basketball tradition. Period. The three-minute montage marks the end of the college basketball season, where after the National Championship, CBS puts together a highlight video from the entire tournament set to the Luther Vandross edition of the song. They tried Jennifer Hudson’s edition in 2010, and let’s just say it was not the same. The only substitute I could see Badger fans being ok with is Vitto Brown:
The songs lyrics line up perfectly with what March Madness means. You have one chance in this tournament to make history and to be remembered forever in college basketball lore. That chance was taken away from every team and every senior this year. Of course, there was not montage video at the end of a fantastic tournament. There was no tournament at all. But that did not stop the incredible media teams at multiple universities, including Wisconsin, from releasing their very own “One Shining Moment” videos. I don’t want to fully give credit to Utah State for starting the trend, but I did see their video first. Since then, many different schools have followed.
The Badgers released their video today, and it was worth the wait. From hill runs up Bascom to the classic voice of Matt Lepay it was everything Wisconsin basketball was in the year 2019-20. Thanks to Wisconsin Athletics and the video team, let’s enjoy Wisconsin’s “One Shining Moment.”
What a season. What a run. Amazing memories to have in my last year as a student. #Badgers https://t.co/HCSJ1kwSQA
— Asher Low (@alow_33) March 20, 2020