Garcia Featured on Regional NCAA Cover of TV Guide Magazine
March 12, 2004 | Men's Basketball
March 12, 2004
New York, New York - Sophomore Francisco Garcia will appear on the cover of the March 20th issue of TV Guide? as the magazine celebrates March Madness with 11 different regional NCAA covers. The magazine featuring Garcia will be available on newsstands in the Louisville area beginning March 15th.
The 10 other regional covers which will be distributed across the county feature the following:
Ronny Turiaf, Gonzaga Bulldogs
Erik Daniels, Kentucky Wildcats
Emeka Okafor, Connecticut Huskies
Matt Lottich, Stanford Cardinals
Jason Maxiell, Cincinnati Bearcats
Rashad McCants, North Carolina Tarheels
Chris Duhon, Blue Devils
Jameer Nelson, St. Joseph's Hawks
Brandon Mouton, Texas Longhorns
Carl Krauser, Pittsburgh Panthers
Inside the magazine, TV Guide takes a look at the tradition of "One Shining Moment," the song and music video that squeezes three weeks of basketball highlights into three minutes and makes grown men cry. So how did this one song become the anthem of college basketball? David Barrett, a journeyman folksinger, wrote it on a cocktail napkin in 20 minutes after sitting in a Michigan tavern one day in 1986, watching some Larry Bird game highlights on the bar's television. Eventually, the song made its way into the hands of CBS Sports creative director Doug Towey, who took an immediate liking to it and decided to use it as the music backdrop for a Final Four highlights tape. The "One Shining Moment" montage was an immediate success and became an annual commencement tribute. "It was a great idea that has become an institution," Towey tells TV Guide.
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