Michigan basketball team's 'One Shining Moment' is Stu Douglass dunk

If you just couldn’t wait up until 11:50 p.m. for the most iconic song in sports -- or perhaps Butler’s 12-for-64 shooting night lulled you to sleep -- rest assured the Michigan basketball team got its “One Shining Moment.”

Darius Morris’ behind-the-back pass to Stu Douglass for a fast-break dunk against Tennessee was highlighted in CBS Sports’ annual post-championship game highlight montage after Connecticut completed its 53-41 win over Butler on Monday night.

That play was the definitive moment in Michigan’s 75-45 NCAA tournament-opening win over the Volunteers in Charlotte, N.C. And it led to a little light-hearted ribbing of Douglass, known more for his outside shooting than his highlight-reel dunks.

“We knew he could dunk wide open but I wasn’t expecting that when I threw the pass,” Morris said after the game. “Thought he’d lay the ball up or something. It was a spectacular play.”

The Wolverines were shut out of the montage that followed the 2009 tournament, when Michigan beat Clemson in a first-round game before losing to Oklahoma.

“One Shining Moment” has more local ties than a couple seconds of Wolverines’ highlights, of course. It was written by Ann Arbor songwriter and musician David Barrett.

Roger LeLievre interviewed Barrett for an extensive story that appeared on AnnArbor.com before last year’s Final Four. In that story, Barrett agreed the song has taken on a life of its own.

“I write songs every day and I’ve written a bunch of stuff that has been on TV and in features, but no one ever wants to sit down and talk to me about it. They want to talk to me about this song,” he said. “Writing this song changed my life.”

A look at this year's version (Douglass' dunk at 1:39 mark):