President Barack Obama Reveals His 2015 March Madness Bracket

In an event that has developed into a March Madness tradition in recent years, President Barack Obama revealed his NCAA men's college basketball tournament bracket selections.

During ESPN's "Barack-etology" special on SportsCenter on Wednesday, President Obama picked No. 1 overall seed Kentucky to defeat Villanova for the national championship.

Obama also put No. 2 Arizona and No. 1 Duke through to the Final Four. His entire bracket can be seen at ESPN.com.

After showing off his completed bracket, President Obama seemed quite confident, according to Andrea Purse of WhiteHouse.gov:

The White House's official Twitter feed shared a photo of Obama's bracket:

The 44th President of the United States is known as a huge sports fan in general, but it becomes quite apparent every March that basketball stands out above the rest.

In his seventh bracket reveal since taking office in 2009, the POTUS came through with some intriguing picks throughout each of the four regions.

One of the most controversial selections in Obama's bracket came in the South Region, where he had No. 10 Davidson knocking off No. 2 Gonzaga in the round of 32.

Many have the Bulldogs making a deep run in the tourney, but ESPN.com's Brendan C. Hall agrees with the president's surprising upset:

While "Barack-etology" focused largely on the president's bracket selections, he also gave some interesting thoughts regarding the current state of college basketball and offered a suggestion for how it could improve, per ESPN.com's Andy Katz.

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I am an advocate, by the way, for the NCAA changing the rules in terms of shortening the shot clock, widening the lane, moving the three-point line back a little bit. The fact of the matter is I like how basketball is going in the NBA because it's fluid. What (Spurs coach) Gregg Popovich did with San Antonio I think is being replicated now with Atlanta and Golden State, and you're seeing a lot of teams move in that direction. I'd like to see college basketball get back to that. It's a fast game, let's get it down to 30 seconds at minimum.

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President Obama had a good showing in last year's ESPN Tournament Challenge, finishing in the 72.9th percentile, but he was held back by selecting a Michigan State vs. Louisville final—the former lost in the Elite Eight, while the latter fell in the Sweet 16.

Per Mark Story of the Lexington Herald-Leader, picking the national champion has not been President Obama's strong suit over the years. In fact, he hasn't correctly selected one since North Carolina in 2009.

If the president is able to reverse that trend in 2015 with his selection of favored Kentucky, then he has a great chance to finish much higher in the standings this time around.

Based on the chaos and unpredictability of March Madness, though, there is no telling how President Obama will ultimately fare.

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