No telling how many times it was shown Thursday night on ESPN’s SportsCenter, or will be shown again and again today and maybe even this weekend on the cable network as one of the most memorable plays of the day, or perhaps even the week.

“That has a chance to be a Top 10 nominee,” Kansas University coach Bill Self said of The Pass, “and who would have thought Christian Moody would be our Top 10?”

If you missed The Pass — and there can’t be many of you who did — Moody ran into the lane, grabbed a pass from teammate Wayne Simien and almost simultaneously flung it back over his head to J.R. Giddens, who took it in front of the Jayhawks’ bench and launched a three-pointer that swished.

Allen Fieldhouse erupted. The decibel level must have exceeded an F-16 taking off. You couldn’t hear yourself think.

Approximately five minutes remained when The Pass unfolded and, in effect, was more or less the biggest nail in TCU’s coffin because it boosted the Jayhawks’ lead to 77-61 on their way to a 93-74 victory over the Horned Frogs.

So electrifying was The Pass that it almost overshadowed a career night by Moody, a 6-foot-8 junior who almost certainly is the lone walk-on starting for a Top 25 team.

Moody posted career highs in points (10) rebounds (10), minutes played (27) and postgame seconds on national television (38).

Moody was stunned when he was told ESPN analyst Fran Fraschilla wanted to talk to him afterward. As he stood there and waited for his 38 seconds — at least by my count — of fame, Moody was full of the jitters.

“I was really nervous,” he said afterward. “Just to be standing with him (Fraschilla) was really awesome. I tried not to think. I knew I’d screw up if I tried to think about it too much.”

Moody sure as heck didn’t have that much time to think about The Pass. But he was thinking.

“I saw J.R.’s man come up on me and I kind of hoped he (Giddens) was in the right spot,” Moody said.

And what did Self tell him after he made The Pass?

“He said it was a great pass,” Moody said. Then he broke into a smile and quipped: “Fortunately, he (Self) didn’t catch it.”

In the big picture, The Pass was just a fleeting moment on a night Moody — and KU fans everywhere — always will remember. Meanwhile, the best thing Moody did probably will be forgotten.

This was the night the Kansas junior stepped up and drilled a couple of jumpers from the top of the free-throw line. As he has been all season, Moody was wide-open each time.

Kansas foes have been daring him to take that jumper, treating him like he has halitosis or B.O., but he’s been loathe to let fly. Three times Thursday night he took that shot and twice the ball went in.

“Last year, I couldn’t take that top-of-the-key jumper,” Moody said. “My knees would be shaking too much.”

Not that he’s over the stage fright yet. Once Thursday night, Simien had to yell at him to take the shot.

“I’m confident he can make those shots, and so is coach,” Simien said.

Only time will tell if Moody’s most memorable night in a KU uniform was a breakout game, or just one of those nights — something akin to teammate Jeff Hawkins’ surprising five three-point goals against the Horned Frogs last season in Fort Worth, Texas.

For now, though, Christian Moody is the feel-good story of December — better even than the enlightenment of Scrooge and the Grinch.

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