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Best of March Madness Part 1: Blue Blood programs ARE DEAD, Unc & Iso Joe TEAR UP their brackets after Arizona & Illinois advance

Nightcap

Shay Shay Media & Playmaker

Sports, Football, Basketball

4.81.9K Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2026

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Shannon Sharpe and Chad "Ochocinco" Johnson present the highlights of March Madness. Unc and Ocho provide a comprehensive recap of the thrilling Elite 8 and share their confident predictions for the Final Four, featuring UConn, Illinois, Michigan, and Arizona!

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0:00 - Rick Pitino says that Blue Blood programs are over
14:48 - Illinois Def. Houston
31:55 - Michigan Def. Alabama
51:46 - Arizona Def. Purdue
55:39 - Illinois Def. Iowa

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0:00.0

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0:14.9

At the St. John, up in San Kansas,

0:17.9

Mr. 15, Rick C Petino didn't hold back,

0:21.7

declaring the era of the Blue Blood programs is over.

0:25.7

The Blue Blood is no longer controlled basketball any longer.

0:28.8

There's no difference between Kentucky, North Carolina,

0:31.2

than Illinois, St. John's.

0:33.2

There's no difference anymore.

0:34.7

There's no difference between Michigan State,

0:36.7

who's a Blue Blood and the other teams from the conference from Mississippi.

0:40.0

When they get going, it's all going to be the same.

0:44.1

Joe, has NIL and the transfer portal has it leveled the playing field?

0:49.7

Because before the NIL, Indiana had no chance of doing what they did in football, 16 and 0.

0:56.0

So now it's made a lot of these programs.

0:58.6

You see what Texas Tech was able to do.

1:00.5

You see some of these other programs, Ocho, that were typically doormats.

1:05.5

Yeah.

1:06.4

And now all of a sudden, they're playing in the college football players.

1:09.3

Now all of a sudden, the teams that normally were there, and he said, the Blue Bloods, as we know them, the Kansas, the Kentuckies, the North Carolinas and all these teams. Nah, it ain't. It ain't. It ain't. I agree with you. I think the playing field is so even nowadays, fellas.

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