No one person is more is excited about maddening arrival of college basketball’s annual March 65-team tournament more than our very own President—Barack Obama.
We all know about President Obama's love of basketball and college sports.
He impressed his brother-in-law, Oregon State head coach Greg Robinson, with his playground ball skills before courting the First Lady. Obama plans to rid the White House of its single old white man's bowling lane, which was built under the north drive and during President Dick Nixon's term, in favor of a basketball court.
And we all know about his obsession with revamping the college football Bowl Championship Series to allow for a playoff—well now the two are finally dancing with the selection committee that chose them.
Today, ESPN's Bracketologist Andy Katz sat down with Obama to talk college hoops and all the President's Final Four and tourney picks.
Whether Obama settles for one integrity sheet or if he's filled out multiple brackets, there's sure to be some debate over who the leader of the free world thinks will win the 2009 NCAA Tournament.
Judging from the ESPN story, President Obama usually fills out multiple brackets, but he's so busy trying to fix the U.S. economy he barely finds any free time to watch SportsCenter, let alone four full days of non-stop mesmerizing college basketball highlights.
Why should President Obama be worried about frivolous matters, such as if Ty Lawson's toe hampers the UNC Tar Heels' run, if a snubbed Jon Callapari team in Memphis can prove all the naysayers wrong, and if the black-and-white striped zebras' calls, or no-calls, impact on the physical Big East teams like UConn, Syracuse, Louisville, and Pitt negatively, when he has much more important matters at hand?
Who cares? This is March Madness, and this is not political column, so no political jargon.
First problem with President Obama's picks: His second guessing. Second problem, he's lack of Cinderella sleeper picks, or upsets in general.
Question marks surround both his Elite Eight games in the Midwest and West regions.
Granted, the games tipoff at High Noon Thursday so he still has time. But no American wants to see their President be this indecisive about a basketball game, especially sports fans. Voters expect the President to show decisiveness in the more pressing issues that impact more American lives than who wins a basketball game or an Oval Office pool.
Okay...Now, no more political jive.
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