Cinderella Is GONE: March Madness Is Losing Its Magic

Outkick The Show with Clay Travis

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🗓️ 23 March 2026

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Following the conclusion of the 2026 opening weekend, Clay dives into a March Madness that feels more "top-heavy" than ever. With the Sweet 16 field set, Clay discusses why the era of the double-digit seed Cinderella might be on life support. Subscribe to OutKick for daily videos and shorts: https://rb.gy/iw07ds "(1:01) Sweet 16 Is Set" "(5:47) Rick Barnes Most Underrated CBB Coach EVER?!" "(9:27) NBA Is Dying While NCAA Sets All-Time Highs" "(11:52) Cinderella’s Are Dead" "(13:50) Linda Calls For ICE Helping TSA" "(18:08) DC Murders Down 65% From Previous Year" "(20:50) Venezuelan Illegal Murders College Student" Shop OutKick gear: https://shop.outkick.com/ Watch Full OutKick Shows: https://outkick.com/watch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome in to Outkick the show.
0:09.5	I am your fearless leader, Clay Travis,
0:12.1	just giving you a little bit of update on Outkick the show.
0:18.2	We've got the show on FS1 that's airing every single Wednesday, so I hope you guys
0:22.3	are checking it out. Trying to do early shows for the next, early in the week shows for the next
0:28.6	six weeks or so. And then I'm going to have a major announcement. I have not won a major
0:35.8	award, but soon major announcements coming, all very
0:40.2	positive, at least if you like me. If you hate me, as is often the case, you're going to be very
0:46.3	sad because more good things are coming. But that is in the future. In the meantime, I want to talk to you
0:52.0	about the NCAA tournament. I want to talk to you about Iran. I want to talk to you about the NCAA tournament. I want to talk to you about Iran.
0:54.7	I want to talk to you about the TSA.
0:56.1	I'll be on with Will Kane a little bit later from now on Fox News.
1:01.7	And the Clay and Puck Show continues to dominate as you will soon hear.
1:06.1	But we begin with NCAA tournament, Sweet 16 Action. Congratulations off the top to the Nebraska Cornhuskers.
1:15.6	Nebraska is one of the great fan bases in all of sports, and they have had virtually nothing to
1:22.9	celebrate since Scott Frost and Tommy Frazier were playing college football. For those of you who do not
1:30.1	remember when Scott Frost and Tommy Frazier were playing college football, it was back in the late
1:36.2	90s. A spectacular time in this country. And if I had come on and I had told you, hey, basically
1:43.7	Nebraska football is not going to matter for 30 years.
1:47.9	Everyone in the state of Nebraska would have called me a moron.
1:51.5	90% of college football fans would have also called me a moron.
1:55.7	And I would have been 100% right because Nebraska has not mattered really since Tommy Frazier and Scott Frost
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