'At the Big Dance, the Song That Won't Go Away'. 'CBS to shift back to Luther Vandross' version of 'One Shining Moment''. ↑ 'CBS to reinstate Luther Vandross version of One Shining Moment'.↑ 'Jennifer Hudson Leaves 'One Shining Moment' Fans Wanting Less This NCAA Tournament'.'One Shining Moment 2010 didn't shine all that brightly'. ↑ ''One Shining Moment' 2010 Revamp Draws Criticism'.The Chicago White Sox used the version with 'The Gun Goes Off' to close their telecast on the final game at Comiskey Park on September 30th, 1990. And so having the first line fall into place as it did was poetic and true.' Ironically - I wrote the song about basketball (after watching Larry Bird) but for some reason (who knows what I was thinking?!?) I didn't write it into the original first line. The original line was, the gun goes off.which I changed to suit the tournament. There is a claim that the first line in the song was changed from 'The ball is kicked' to 'The ball is tipped.' However, Barrett said 'My daughter informed me that they claim that the initial line was the ball is kicked. The bridge includes lines such as 'Feel the beat of your heart', often shown with players thumping their chests, and 'Feel the wind in your face', with video of drives towards the basket. The second verse deals with adversity, accompanied by highlights of injured players and missed shots. The first verse is about inspiration and hard work. It has been used to end CBS' coverage ever since.ĭoug Towey died on Maand was remembered with a tribute on CBS. The positive public response led to it becoming an annual feature. Towey decided to use 'One Shining Moment' to close CBS' coverage of the Tournament. CBS then asked Barrett for use of the song after the 1987 NCAA championship game, in which Indiana beat Syracuse. It was to have been the postgame montage from that contest, but CBS ran past the expected airtime and had a primetime show to debut in the next time slot, so the montage was canceled. However, Towey originally planned to debut the song not after a basketball game, but after a football game, Super Bowl XXI. In 1986, he passed the song along to high school friend Armen Keteyian, an investigative journalist for CBS Sports and, at that time, Sports Illustrated, who in turn passed it to CBS Sports Creative Director Doug Towey. (April 2010)īarrett, a singer/songwriter from Michigan, wrote the song after seeing Larry Bird star for Indiana State in the 1979 NCAA tournament. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Matthews, who will return for his senior season, was a third-team all-conference pick, and Dowtin became the fourth player in Hurley’s five seasons at Rhode Island to earn all-rookie team honors for the Rams.This section does not cite any references or sources. Possibly, the most famous highlight package in all of American sports, this years clip pays homage to a tournament that saw UMBC become the first 16-seed to knock off a No.

Martin-who won the league’s Defensive Player of the Year honor for the second consecutive season-became the first player in league history to lead the A-10 in blocked shots for four consecutive seasons. Rhode Island finished its memorable season with a 25-10 record, marking the fourth most victories in a single season in team history. “I couldn’t be prouder, obviously, of these guys for what they’ve done for the great state of Rhode Island and our amazing fans,” Hurley said of his team following the loss to Oregon. Stanford Robinson ’18 had a career night, scoring 21 points on 10-of-12 shooting from the floor, and Terrell added 15 points and six assists for the Rams. In the Round of 32, Rhode Island fell just short against No. The Rams never trailed in the game as freshman Jeff Dowtin ’20 scored a career-high 23 points and Kuran Iverson ’17 added 17 points to lead the team to its first NCAA tournament win since 1998. 11 seed in the Midwest region and upset No. Joined by hundreds of Rhody fans who made the cross-country trek, head coach Dan Hurley’s team went out to Sacramento, Calif., as the No. The victory clinched an automatic bid to the NCAA Championship, Rhode Island’s first trip to the dance in 18 years and ninth time in the tournament overall. Joining him on the all-championship team was Hassan Martin ’17, who averaged 15.3 points, 6.3 rebounds and 2.0 blocks during the three-game run through the conference tournament. Matthews ’18 was named the Most Outstanding Player of the A-10 Championship after averaging 19.3 points and 5.7 rebounds over the three games. Rhode Island guards Jared Terrell ’18 and Jarvis Garrett ’18 embrace on the floor moments after the Rams defeated VCU 70-63 on March 12 at the PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh.įor the Rams, it was the second Atlantic 10 conference tournament title in program history.

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