The most famous annual montage in sports is back. The emotion, the slow-motion shots, the drama, that voice.
You can not deny it.
You like “One Shining Moment.”
We had to wait two years for many things. Selection Sunday. An NCAA tournament. A final four and national championship match. Those magical moments that fill three weeks of March and the first few days of April.
And the 2021 version here celebrates Baylor’s first national title, the memorable buzz of Jon Suggs of Gonzaga and even a statue of the Grand Canyon’s Oscar Frayer, who died in a car accident a few days after an NCAA tournament has.
The final piece is the last thing to be broadcast after the championship game on CBS: the video “One Shining Moment” to summarize the story of the NCAA Tournament. Here it is in its entirety for you. “One Shining Moment,” produced by CBS ‘Alanna Campbell, contains at least one shot from every game, and therefore every team, that played in the 2021 Big Dance.
It is a time lapse, an illustration of all the joy, sadness, excitement, drama and indelible images that this wonderful event creates.
From the first tip on March 15 (Mount St. Mary’s vs. Texas Southern) to the final one Monday night in Baylor’s 86-70 victory over Gonzaga to spoil the Zags’ bid for an unbeaten season, we’re all grateful for the (safe) return from the NCAA Tournament after two years away.