By Theodore B. Bressman

5. Rock n' Roll Part 2 by Gary Glitter

If Van Halen's "Right Now" was good enough for Crystal Pepsi, it's good enough for the NCAA tournament. Jeffrey Mayer/WireImage

This song, though it might not be the best song for all sports, would fit the tournament montage as perfectly as Cinderella's shoe fits various teams every year. "Na nah nah, nah nah, nah nah." You've got band shots on a silver platter and people getting excited left and right. Still, like every song on this list so far. It's incomplete. The song does not illustrate the duality of the tournament.

4. Right Now by Van Halen

This track might as well be called, "When the game's on the line and you look into your opponent's eyes, do you want it more?" It also scores a few extra Pepsi Points for being the official theme song of Crystal Pepsi. What ever happened to that drink? Let's not think about that now. Right Now is the first song that has the emotion and the excitement. It belongs in the Montage Final Four.

3. Praise You by Fatboy Slim

I hate to put Fatboy Slim on this list twice, but this song just screams, "Montage! MONTAGGGE!" It tells the story of teamwork, about what it takes for a team to coalesce throughout the season, and the feeling that ensues when it all "comes together." It also has a particularly choppy part that would lend itself perfectly to a compilation of the tournament's best images in the form of a rapid succession slide show.

2. Dream On by Aerosmith

Unforgettable moment: when the climax of this song played over an image of Muhammad Ali taunting Sonny Liston in ESPN's SportsCentury Montage, aired at the turn of the century. I once called this the greatest song ever for sports-related montages, and it very well may be, but when all is said and done, there can only be one champion, as there can only be one number one.

1. Bittersweet Symphony by the Verve

When Nike aired the commercial with this song in the late 90's, I knew it would forever mean something more for me. Although it becomes a bit weaker when the lead singer comes in with lyrics, the opening musical arrangement is without a doubt the most inspirational arrangement ever lent to the arena of sports. It's the type of arrangement that makes you slap the floor to start the second half, but it's also the type of arrangement that makes you stay after practice early in the season so you can make crucial foul shots months down the line. It's the type of arrangement that slows a game-winning three down to the essence of what it means to have your legs under you when you need them. It's the symphony that plays in the heart of Julius Hodge (R.I.P.!?), Greg Oden, Darren Collison, Al Horford and a few others who we haven't heard of ... yet.