The 2023 edition of “One Shining Moment” has finally arrived. Check out the classic montage featuring all the best moments of March Madness.
It doesn’t matter if your team won March Madness or didn’t even make it in, one of the best parts of the NCAA Tournament is what comes at the very end. We’re talking “One Shining Moment.”
The annual montage of tournament highlights set to the iconic tune sung by Luther Vandross is essential to the college basketball experience.
So, of course, fans have been eagerly awaiting this year’s version. And now it’s here!
Watch One Shining Moment 2023
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— CBS Sports (@CBSSports) April 4, 2023
The NCAA Tournament opened with a string of upsets that marked it as a special year. The South Region was opened up as No. 15 seed Princeton stunned No. 2 seed Arizona in the first round while No. 13 seed Furman managed a miracle victory over No. 4 see Virginia.
It would only get more wild as No. 16 seed Fairleigh Dickinson became just the second to top a No. 1 seed, besting Purdue in the East Region.
In the second round, Kansas became the next No. 1 seed to fall when No. 8 seed Arkansas topped the Jayhawks. Princeton’s emphatic upset over No. 7 Missouri only continued the party for the Tigers.
The Sweet 16 brought us another instant classic between No. 2 seed UCLA and No. 3 seed Gonzaga, who advanced. Then San Diego State took down Alabama and No. 5 seed Miami took out the final No. 1 seed in Houston.
In the Elite 8, No. 9 seed FAU established themselves as the biggest Cinderella when they beat No. 3 seed Kansas State to punch a ticket to the Final Four. The upsets continued as Miami took down No. 2 seed Texas. Meanwhile, UConn kept up their tear of double digit victories by knocking out Gonzaga and SDSU squeaked by No. 6 seed Creighton with a last-second free throw.
And so the Final Four was set. The Aztecs produced the most dramatic shot of the tournament with a buzzer-beater lifting them over FAU while the Huskies earned their trip to the title game with another blowout.
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