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TIL CBS was supposed to use the song 'One Shining Moment' after Super Bowl XXI but game coverage ran long and the music montage was cut, so they used it after the NCAA Men's Division I National Championship Game a few months later and it's now been a March Madness staple for more than 30 years.

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