# Obama's NCAA bracket **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 19, 2009, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-ncaa-bracket/490006 "2009-03-19T10:03:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tracy\_Lord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@Tracy\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tracy_Lord)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2009, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-ncaa-bracket/490006/1 "2009-03-19T10:03:50Z")
Link (with video, which starts on loading the page): [President Obama picks his NCAA bracket with ESPN’s Andy Katz](http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/ncaatourney09/columns/story?columnist=katz_andy&id=3991859) As a lifelong Tarheel, I’m glad to see his impeccable judgment evincing itself in calling the championship for Carolina. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2009, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-ncaa-bracket/490006/2 "2009-03-19T16:27:49Z")
It makes you wonder how he has time to watch any sports, doesn’t it? Then again, doing personal things is still pretty damned important as a human being. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2009, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-ncaa-bracket/490006/3 "2009-03-19T16:28:17Z")
He goes with virtually straight chalk, all the way through. Not much audacity there. But he’s a real fan, not just a poseur, clearly. ---
**Author:** ![Tracy\_Lord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@Tracy\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tracy_Lord)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2009, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-ncaa-bracket/490006/4 "2009-03-19T16:32:52Z")
Yeah, it’s not a very inspiring bracket, is it? I’ve just seen that [538.com](http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2009/03/obama-ncaa-bracket-shows-bias-toward.html) has an analysis of some possible political bent to his choices…or maybe not. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2009, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-ncaa-bracket/490006/5 "2009-03-19T19:22:16Z")
**Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski:** \*“Somebody said that we’re not in President Obama’s Final Four, and as much as I respect what he’s doing, really, the economy is something that he should focus on, probably more than the brackets.” \* Ooop… did a Blue Devil just go red? ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2009, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-ncaa-bracket/490006/6 "2009-03-20T04:29:29Z")
Ha ha, Mr. President! UCLA somehow wins a squeaker against VCU! I can see why he liked VCU, Larry Sanders is a friggin’ monster. 7’ 7" wingspan, that dude can block anything! Thank god my Bruins managed to steal a shitload of balls in the first half, and then Larry got in foul trouble, so UCLA had a chance to score some points. Man, that was an exciting game! Here’s Obama’s [bracket](http://games.espn.go.com/tcmen/entry?entryID=2813746) for anyone who’s interested. He sure is a better picker than me, though. I’m assuming the Department of Basketball staff helped him out. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2009, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-ncaa-bracket/490006/7 "2009-03-20T05:20:19Z")
HA-ha! That’ll teach you to underestimate Michigan! ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2009, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-ncaa-bracket/490006/8 "2009-03-20T05:57:16Z")
After the first day, I seem to be doing better than the Commander-in-Chief. He is in the 22nd percentile and I am in the 77th. Since both are Sweet 16 teams are all in still, it could all change quickly. ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2009, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-ncaa-bracket/490006/9 "2009-03-20T11:28:05Z")
He picked North Carolina? Hell, UNC isn’t even going to make it past LSU! ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2009, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-ncaa-bracket/490006/10 "2009-03-21T03:38:41Z")
Well, I take it back that Obama can pick it better than me. Ha ha! Look what you get for dissin’ the PAC 10! PAC 10 goes 5-1 first round! Did some PAC10 team destroy Occidental during your stay there? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2009, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-ncaa-bracket/490006/11 "2009-03-21T03:41:23Z")
Looks like Wake Forest is going down unless Obama asks Holder to look into the results.