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Can Obama go 2-for-2 with his NCAA picks? President Barack Obama predicts Kansas, Kansas State, Kentucky and Villanova to make the men's basketball Final Four. Last year, Obama correctly picked North Carolina to win the national championship. His bracket ranked 903,125th overall, just above the 80th percentile in the ESPN's online contest.

Obama filled out a bracket for ESPN for the second straight year. This time, he's also making picks for the women's tournament, selecting Connecticut, Notre Dame, Stanford and Tennessee.

ESPN will reveal the full brackets Wednesday. His interview about the men's tournament will air that day during the 12 p.m. SportsCenter, with the discussion of the women's tourney broadcast Friday during the 9 a.m. show.

- Posted on March 17, 2010
Submitted by TorinV on Wednesday, 03/17/2010 - 13:37.

I was very happy to see Mr. Obama pick Villanova for the "Final Four". Due to the fact that I am a diehard Villanova fan. I somewhat agree with the rest of these picks. The only one i don't agree with is Kansas. I think that Ohio State will make it instead.

I am curious to see who he picked for his National Champion. Despite my heart beating the Villanova fight song, I picked Kentucky to win it all. But, I would rather be proven wrong and have Villanova win it all. I think it is also good that he is predicting the women's bracket.

I am glad to see Mr. Obama pick Villanova as apart of the "Final Four". I also agree with his other picks. except Kansas. I wold like to see his whole bracket, and compare it to mine.

Submitted by heather7296 on Wednesday, 03/17/2010 - 13:36.

I am a huge Buckeye fan. I wish I could say I have Ohio State going all the way to the finals, but I don't. My final four is Kansas, Duke, Kentucky, and Syracuse. The final two being Kansas and Duke. Then Duke winning the tournament.

Submitted by kyle85 on Wednesday, 03/17/2010 - 13:30.

Obama is the best president ever!!! I think he is smart enough to go two for two! he can guess very well i could never do that! I could never do that!

Submitted by ZachD7 on Wednesday, 03/17/2010 - 13:29.

March Madness! For all we know, Lehigh could beat Kansas. Crazier things have happened. But I do think Kansas will win it all. There is no doubt. This article is amazing, because KU rocks. That's why I read it.

I wanted to see if Obama would go 2-2, so I looked at his teams. My bracket that I made is different, because my top 4 is Duke, Kentucky, Kansas, and Syracuse. I know they are the top four in rankings, but I believe in those teams.

Overall, Obama has a pretty strong bracket. Although Kansas St would play Syracuse if they were going to be in the final four. Kansas is going all the way. Even though I live in Lehigh.

Submitted by shawnsp on Wednesday, 03/17/2010 - 13:22.

I think it would be pretty cool if the president could pick the national champion two times in a row. That would be hard because there are a lot of good basketball teams in the tournament this year. I think Ohio State will win it all.

Submitted by audrichsp on Wednesday, 03/17/2010 - 13:18.

I think Obama got just a little lucky with his choices last year but he knows what he's talking about when it comes to basketball. I think that he was right about Kansas and Kentucky but not Villanova and Kansas state.Instead of them I think it will be Syracuse and Duke.But Kansas and Kentucky will deffinetly meet in the NCAA championship.