Awkward for Florida and Mizzou- Edward Aschoff April 9, 2013Īschoff admitted he missed it with an oops, but it was really easy to miss: Florida only gets one highlight, Scottie Wilbekin throwing a halfcourt alley-oop to Casey Prather against Florida Gulf Coast (it's at 1:22 in the above video), and gets Will Yeguete's head in the shot while Glenn Robinson III hammers down his alley-oop at 1:41. Only #OleMiss represented the #SEC in One Shining Moment. There's been an undercurrent of Rodney Dangerfielditis was fueled in part by tweets like this (wrong) one from ESPN's Edward Aschoff: That's only a little bit of an exaggeration, I promise, and it's a shame. I hope your soul is tainted and your body immediately convulses into realizing that you’re harming the future men of America who inspire the kids.Here is a distillation of dozens of Florida fans on Twitter in the minutes after the 2013 edition of "One Shining Moment" wrapped up the NCAA Tournament: "WHY WEREN'T THERE MORE FLORIDA HIGHLIGHTS WE ONLY MADE A THIRD STRAIGHT ELITE EIGHT SO MUCH DISRESPECT FROM CBSPN!" So, whoever CBS/TBS or the NCAA got to sing “One Shining Moment” this year after giving us Luther Vandross and Teddy Pendergrass in recent years, I hope you know you’re an agent for crushing people’s dreams. If the NCAA cared about its student-athletes, it would rebuke “One Shining Moment” to the depths of hell. A song that was supposedly inspired by Larry Bird that isn’t a whole lot about basketball outside of the opening line has hijacked the waning moments of some kids’ basketball careers. But knowing CBS, with its love for all things corny, we’re going to be subjected to it forever. “One Shining Moment” is one of those 1980s relics that should have stayed there. Charles Barkley sitting at a piano attempting to sing “One Shining Moment” as promo for the tourney? Shameful, disrespectful and just as ignorant as any of his college basketball coverage at any point in life. You know what you want to hear at the end of a tournament, win or lose? Something actually happy. Really, you think these future millionaires are going to think about a song that wasn’t even the best basketball-related song of the ’80s? (Say hello, Kurtis Blow and “Basketball.”) About a song where “win or lose, you always did your best” is considered a solid line? Somehow, “One Shining Moment” has played a part in the wussification of America. Why in the hell would you want to subject yourself to lyrics that are the equivalent of saying nice things to a kid before he receives a participation trophy after a soccer match? Why? Nobody wants cheesy ’80s movie-montage music to remind him that their bracket went up in flames after Michigan State couldn't pass the smell test against Middle Tennessee State. “One Shining Moment” needs to be retired. If no one is here to tell you the truth, I am. Remember Jennifer Hudson’s version? Remember how people trashed Jennifer Hudson’s version so badly that it doesn’t even appear on the official “One Shining Moment” EP on iTunes? NCAA officials can wipe away victories and hand down sanctions on paper classes, but they’ll be damned if they’re embarrassed by Jennifer Hudson of all people they’ve got money for themselves to make. Elmo’s Fire and “Man In Motion.” It’s the only song ever created where there’s more backlash about who sings it than about the actual lyrics of the song. Every year, fans either love hearing the song, wrapped in all his saccharine and melancholy glee about hard work and sacrifice, or hate the song because it's one sentimental ass taunt that your team couldn’t get the job done.įor thirty years, “One Shining Moment” has been a torturous record that deserved to have a shelf life next to St. “One Shining Moment” has been in play every year since 1987, when Keith Smart beat Syracuse for Bob Knight’s third and final NCAA title at Indiana. College basketball is so pretentious, so wrapped up in its own sense of importance that it has a theme song for when it’s all over. On the other end, a loser will be drowned in the confetti of the winner’s colors, all while “One Shining Moment” from David Barrett plays. Some team, either one led by the head coach of an embattled program or an underdog, with a combined total of one national championship between them, will climb a ladder and cut down the nets before eventually hoisting up college basketball’s ultimate prize. Monday night, the college basketball season ends.
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