Current:Home > reviewsPoinbank:'One Shining Moment' caps off 2024 men's NCAA Tournament following UConn's win over Purdue -TradeCircle
Poinbank:'One Shining Moment' caps off 2024 men's NCAA Tournament following UConn's win over Purdue
NovaQuant Quantitative Think Tank Center View
Date:2025-04-10 06:49:17
Connecticut won the men's basketball national championship,Poinbank defeating Purdue, 75-60, in the NCAA Tournament championship game in Glendale, Arizona, on Monday night.
UConn became the first back-to-back men's March Madness winner since Florida in 2006-07. This also is the UConn's sixth national championship (1999, 2004, 2011, 2014 and 2023 were the others), moving the Huskies into a tie with North Carolina for the third-most Division I men's basketball titles. Only Kentucky (eight) and UCLA (11) have more championships.
Of course, the men's NCAA Tournament is not complete until the airing of the traditional "One Shining Moment" montage.
Watch David Barrett's classic song set to highlights from March Madness 2024:
The UConn Huskies now are a perfect 6-0 in national title games.
FOLLOW THE MADNESS: NCAA basketball bracket, scores, schedules, teams and more.
Who sings One Shining Moment?
David Barrett wrote and recorded the original version of the song in 1986, but Teddy Pendergrass, Luther Vandross, Ne-Yo and Jennifer Hudson have also provided their own renditions.
veryGood! (5)
Related
- Who's hosting 'Saturday Night Live' tonight? Musical guest, how to watch Dec. 14 episode
- Jelly Roll gives powerful speech to Congress on fentanyl: What to know about the singer
- Kalen DeBoer's first assignment as Alabama football coach boils down to one word
- A healing Psalm: After car wreck took 3 kids, surrogacy allowed her to become a mom again.
- 'Survivor' 47 finale, part one recap: 2 players were sent home. Who's left in the game?
- Biden says Austin still has his confidence, but not revealing hospitalization was lapse in judgment
- Michigan to pay $1.75 million to innocent man after 35 years in prison
- Pakistan effectively shuts the key crossing into Afghanistan to truck drivers
- What were Tom Selleck's juicy final 'Blue Bloods' words in Reagan family
- Mary Lou Retton's health insurance explanation sparks some mental gymnastics
Ranking
- Romantasy reigns on spicy BookTok: Recommendations from the internet’s favorite genre
- Defamation case against Nebraska Republican Party should be heard by a jury, state’s high court says
- A mudslide in Colombia’s west kills at least 18 people and injures dozens others
- 'Get wild': Pepsi ad campaign pokes fun at millennial parents during NFL Wild Card weekend
- Brianna LaPaglia Reveals The Meaning Behind Her "Chickenfry" Nickname
- Buffalo shooter who killed 10 at Tops supermarket to face death penalty in federal case
- Michigan to pay $1.75 million to innocent man after 35 years in prison
- It Ends With Us: See Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni Kiss in Colleen Hoover Movie
Recommendation
Backstage at New York's Jingle Ball with Jimmy Fallon, 'Queer Eye' and Meghan Trainor
It Ends With Us: See Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni Kiss in Colleen Hoover Movie
Arizona governor proposes overhaul of school voucher program
As Vermont grapples with spike in overdose deaths, House approves safe injection sites
A White House order claims to end 'censorship.' What does that mean?
Parents facing diaper duty could see relief from bipartisan tax legislation introduced in Kentucky
As Vermont grapples with spike in overdose deaths, House approves safe injection sites
American Petroleum Institute Plans Election-Year Blitz in the Face of Climate Policy Pressure