Both Jones and Dominguez had a strong opinion on getting women’s sports more in the picture. Both said they were casual sports fans but were looking forward to the food and social side of the event. Two individuals who came to the event were UWGB students Nia Jones and Karina Dominguez. Students shared their thoughts on the importance of women’s basketball and women’s sports overall being in the spotlight more recently, plus how their brackets fared in this year’s March Madness. On Friday, March 31, Good Times Programming hosted a Final Four Watch Party for the Women’s Final Four in the University Union.Īlong with the pair of games, students were able to delight in free food, which included wings and a dessert. It’s a beautiful part of the culture.By Jordon Lawrenz, Greg Bintz, Zach Glander, and Daniel Bestul “It’s the moment you can finally exhale a little bit. “I remember watching the song very clearly,” says Chicago Bulls center Joakim Noah, who won back-to-back titles with Florida in 2006-2007. After the title game, the winning team stops its on-court celebration cold to watch “One Shining Moment” on the Jumbotron. The song holds special meaning for the players. ![]() You’re probably going to be in the last shot.” Confetti falling on the title-winners, holding the championship trophy, hits the right closing note. “If you want to be in ‘One Shining Moment,’ win the tournament. “We had a theory in the edit room,” says Shawn Robbins, a CBS producer who worked on “One Shining Moment” from 2011-2014. Schools left out of the montage feel jilted fans will share their frustration. Sad fans and band members are a staple: Villanova’s Roxanne Chalifoux, aka Crying Piccolo Girl, inspired many memes in 2015. During the “it’s more than a contest / it’s more than a race” crescendo, bet on seeing a wounded player - check out a bloodied Marcus Camby during the ’96 edition. Few will forget Hampton coach Steve Merfeld getting a lift from one of his players after the number 15 seed stunned No. “But that’s about the extent of the controversy we’ve had around ‘One Shining Moment.'” “We got a little bit of flak for that,” says Sean McManus, chairman of CBS Sports. No offense against Hudson, but “One Shining Moment” nuts have a purist streak. In 2010 Jennifer Hudson got the call, but fans disapproved of her frequent appearances in the montage. ![]() ![]() He’ll do so again on TBS NE-YO will sing team-specific versions on TNT (for North Carolina) and truTV (for Villanova). Vandross, who recorded his version of the song before his 2005 death, has sung One Shining Moment in 12 of the last 13 editions. Then the ball is, indeed, tipped the vocals begin. ( In 1990, the Connecticut Husky dove headfirst into the foul lane). How? During the instrumental intro, we see a flurry of activity - flipping cheerleaders, dancing players, mascots running, jumping, waving their costumed arms. “One Shining Moment” perfectly captures the emotions of March Madness: the giddy underdogs, the enraged coach, the crying senior who last his final game. A CBS executive, however, told a disconsolate Barrett that since he wrote the song for basketball, it belonged with the Final Four. “The song was chosen by CBS Sports over many familiar tunes and original recordings by popular artists because it so aptly identified an athlete’s moment of glory,” the network wrote.īut the broadcast ran long, and “One Shining Moment” got cut. Barrett recorded “One Shining Moment” and sent it in in a January 1987 press release, CBS announced it would air the song after the upcoming New York Giants-Denver Broncos Super Bowl. Keteyian informed Barrett that CBS - where Keteyian now works as a correspondent for 60 Minutes Sports and 60 Minutes - was looking for sports theme. Barrett told his pal, then-Sports Illustrated writer Armen Keteyian, that he had written a pretty good song. Later that year, he was crashing at a friend’s apartment New York City during the NBA finals - Bird’s Celtics vs the Houston Rockets. “It was as pure of a writing moment as I’ve ever had,” Barrett says. He went home and wrote the music in 20 minutes. The next day, while waiting for a friend who was running late to brunch, Barrett scribbled the lyrics on another napkin. Barrett wrote a song title - “One Shining Moment” - on cocktail napkin. Not all that impressed, the waitress left. In an attempt to chit-chat with the waitress, Barrett expounded on Bird’s greatness. Larry Bird highlights were playing on the barroom TV. ![]() “She was more beautiful than Helen of Troy,” Barrett says. He couldn’t help but notice the waitress next to him. In 1986, after finishing a gig at the Varsity Inn in East Lansing, Michigan, David Barrett - who a few months later would be described in a CBS press release as a “modestly successful club singer” - took a seat at the bar. Like for so many endeavors, its inspiration came in a bar.
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