College basketball teams cutting down the net after a momentous victory is an iconic March Madness tradition. Players, coaches and everyone else who helped a program reach a new mountaintop get to climb up a tall ladder and take home a memento that symbolizes victory.
One coach is credited with starting the longstanding tradition which has turned into a March Madness staple. Now, the ceremonial cutting of the net is the culmination of the season-long journey college teams pour their lives into. The tradition is a symbolic mountaintop, this one is just at the top of a ladder next to a basketball hoop.
