The “One Shining Moment” montage at the end of every NCAA Basketball Tournament is probably my favorite three minutes of television all year. I’ve included last year’s rendition above because (1) It’s awesome and, (2) It features several highlights and smiles from Bronx boy Kemba Walker who ruled last year’s Big Dance when he led the University of Connecticut Huskies to an improbable run to the title.

Walker’s now in the NBA playing for Michael Jordan’s Charlotte Bobcats and there doesn’t appear to be a native son emerging to take his place in this year’s tournament. But that didn’t stop us from looking through every roster of every team in the tournament to see how the Bronx is being represented. This is what we found:

— The one New York City squad in the Dance is Long Island University (Brooklyn). The Blackbirds are dancing for the second straight season and feature two freshman Bronxites: Gerrell Martin, a guard from Wings Academy, and Pete Aguilar, another guard who played for Mt. St. Michael. Aguilar rarely plays, but Martin played in almost all of the Blackbirds’ games and averaged about a bucket a game. Catch Long Island in action tomorrow night at 9:20 p.m. when they play top-seeded Michigan St. They will be looking to become the first 16-seed to topple a 1-seed in the entire history of the tournament.

— Iona, the private college located in New Rochelle, just north of the Bronx, already lost in startling fashion during the play-in round of the tournament on Tuesday, blowing a 25-point halftime lead to BYU. A shame because the Gaels feature three Bronxites: Junior Forward Taaj Ridley (out of JFK, he starred this year, averaging 15.8 points and 8 rebounds a game), Senior Mike Glover (graduated from American Christian Academy in Pennsylvania, made the All-District team this year after averaging 18 points and 10 boards per game), and Freshman Josh Gomez, a lanky 6-10 big man who went to Rice and rarely left the bench this year.

— Bronxite Omari Lawrence, who attended St. Raymond’s before transferring to South Kent, a prep school in Connecticut, played one year at St. John’s before transferring to Kansas St. this year. Lawrence isn’t a major contributor for the 8th-seeded Wildcats who won their first round match-up against Southern Mississippi. He’ll be rooting his team on when they face-off against Syracuse on Saturday at 12:15 p.m.

— Conroy Baltimore, a Bronx boy who attended Archbishop Stepinac HS in White Plain, is a 6-6 freshman forward at Lehigh University. Baltimore comes off the end of the bench, but has shown flashes of productivity. Lehigh, a 15 seed, play plays 2nd-seeded Duke tonight at 7:15.

And that’s it. No Kembas in the field this year, but there’s some youth there with potential down the line.

In other Bronx sports news:

• Manhattan College, which didn’t make it the Big Dance, won its first game in CollegeInsider.com Tournament (the little jig?), taking down Albany, 89-79. Junior guard George Beamon blew up for 34 points and young Bronxites, Sophomore Michael Alvarado (12 points, 5 rebounds) and Freshman Emmy Andujar (9 points, 7 assists, 4 rebounds), contributed to the win. The Jaspers take on MAAC rival Fairfield in the second round of the tournament on Sunday afternoon at 4 p.m. in Connecticut.

• The Monroe College men’s and women’s basketball teams will start play in their respective junior college national tournament on Tuesday. The Lady Mustangs, who won the title last year, play in Peoria, Ill. at 4 p.m. eastern time. The men play in Hutchinson, Kan. at 1 p.m. eastern time. Both games will be webcast live on Monroe’s website.

• Mott Haven Campus, playing its first season of high school boys basketball, advanced to the A Division title game with a gritty 69-58 victory over Bedford Academy. Although Mott Haven came into the tournament as the top seed, many considered Bedford the favorite to win the A championship this year. Mott Haven is led by sophomore point guard Taquan Givens, who plays for the Bronx-based New York Gauchos club team but didn’t play high school ball last year, and Hakeem Grant, a transfer from JFK.