WATCH: Indiana cheerleader embodies everything that is March Madness

We didn’t have to attend till Championship Monday for March Insanity to supply us with one shining second. Thursday’s opening spherical offered loads of memorable moments (St. Peter’s, New Mexico State, Richmond, and many others.), but it surely was a Hoosier cheerleader who stole the highlight.

Lower than two minutes into the second half of Indiana’s loss to St. Mary’s, the sport ball grew to become wedged between the backboard and the shot clock (which is in regards to the closest an Indiana shot got here to the rim all evening.)

With officers unable to jar the ball unfastened, they implored the assistance of the Indiana spirit squad. Seems, all they wanted was the proper cheer!

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Unafraid of the March Insanity highlight, Hoosier Cassidy Cerny, with an help from teammate Nathan Paris, rose 13 ft into the air to snag the misplaced ball. As they did so, play-by-play announcer Andrew Catalon unearthed a name so instantaneously legendary, Gus Johnson might quickly sound like he’s in want of therapy for low-T.

“Get the cheerleader up!” barked Catalon. That’s precisely what occurred as the gang rose to their ft and a buzz overtook the world.

“Get her up there. That is the way you do it,” shouted Catalon, constructing able to explode.

The Indiana Hoosiers cheerleaders carry out in opposition to the Saint Mary’s Gaels throughout the first spherical of the 2022 NCAA Males’s Basketball Match held on the Moda Heart on March 17, 2022 in Portland, Oregon. 
(Photograph by Isaiah Vazquez/NCAA Images through Getty Photographs)

“…Now she’s bought it,” screamed Catalon, with the identical enthusiasm he’d use for a buzzer beater from a Cinderella staff. “Ohhh, what a play! The cheerleader saves the day, and it’s her one shining second. This place is on its ft!”

By no means underestimate the facility of the proper cheer.