His teammates told him, warned him even, that when the big moment came – One Shining Moment – Luke Maye needed to be ready. It wasn’t something he would let himself think about, even though he knew, win or lose, the shot the North Carolina forward hit to beat Kentucky was shining-moment worthy.
“They brought it up a couple times, but I just wanted to focus on tonight,” Maye said.
The team was together on stage, one net cut, the other still waiting, when the familiar strains of the song filled the giant stadium and heads pivoted to either end zone, where the scoreboards played the video.