WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — When it was apparent there would be no NCAA men’s basketball tournament and no Final Four, Max Goren set out to save the one tradition associated with all the hoopla.

The coronavirus pandemic stopped March Madness before it could begin. But Goren, sitting at home after North Carolina State University shut down, put together his own video version of “One Shining Moment,” the CBS Sports tradition that usually follows the national championship game. It always includes the song of the same title written by David Barrett and sung by the late Luther Vandross. It would have played after the final buzzer Monday night, had there been a game.

“Obviously, I was bummed out,” Goren said, referring to his reaction that postseason basketball was gone, meaning he wouldn’t know if his North Carolina State team would make the field of 68. “I was on YouTube watching just a bunch of the old ‘One Shining Moment’ videos from past tournaments.”

Goren remembers seeing online a mention that, despite the lack of a tournament, the traditional video should go on.

“I thought that was something that I could do,” he said. “So, the Saturday morning before what would have been Selection Sunday, I just kind of sat down, and I did it.”

Goren’s work became something of a sensation, drawing nearly 63,000 views as of Monday, and requests to simulate his work for other sports.

“I got on my laptop. I downloaded the song. As I went, I searched YouTube for clips to add until I got to the three minutes and five seconds which ‘One Shining Moment’ is,” he said.

The video, which Goren said he finished in three and a half hours, features a variety of buzzer-beating shots, including the layup by Nathan Bain that took Stephen F. Austin to an upset victory over then top-ranked Duke on the Blue Devils’ home court. Duke was featured again in its own buzzer beater against North Carolina. There’s Michigan State guard Cassius Winston kissing his home court as he comes out of the last game of college career.

Dayton’s Obi Toppin and his highlight-quality dunks are included, and Goren gave a nod to his own school as he featured the Wolfpack’s Markell Johnson and one of his three half-court shots. He did include highlights from the few conference tournaments that were completed before college basketball was brought to a halt.

“I think Max did a terrific job,” Barrett said in an email. “I hope he considers that line of work actually, because he has an artist’s eye. There are a lot of young men who worked hard all year for their ‘shining moments.'” Max did his best to celebrate them. Congratulations.”