Obama NCAA bracket
Obama NCAA bracket, Just like nearly everyone else, President Obama thinks Kentucky will become the first team to go undefeated and win the national title since Indiana in 1976.
Obama released his bracket Wednesday on ESPN, just as he’s done in past years. He has the Wildcats beating another set of Wildcats — Villanova — in the title game.
As far as upsets go, Obama is clearly on the No. 12 train as he has Buffalo upsetting fifth-seeded West Virginia in the Midwest Region and No. 12 Wyoming over No. 5 Northern Iowa in the East Region. And perhaps spurred by Ole Miss’s comeback victory over BYU in the play-in game Tuesday night, the president also has the 11th-seeded Rebels beating Xavier. But after the second round, Obama’s bracket gets very chalky. He has 10th-seeded Davidson reaching the Sweet 16 out of the South Region, but in the other three regions he goes straight chalk, with the top four seeded teams reaching the region semifinals.
Obama has been just okay with his NCAA tournament brackets in the past, just like the rest of us:
Last year, President Obama finished in 72.9 percentile overall, but missed on national champion Connecticut (he had Michigan State beating Louisville in title game). His best finish since becoming president was in 2011, when he was in the 87.4 percentile despite picking Kansas to win the national title (Connecticut did that year as well).
Obama did pick the correct national champion in 2009 — North Carolina.Obama also told ESPN’s Andy Katz that he would like to see college basketball adopt the 30-second shot clock:
“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,” Obama said. “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.”
In an attempt to increase scoring, the NCAA will experiment with the 30-second shot clock during National Invitation Tournament games this season.
Obama released his bracket Wednesday on ESPN, just as he’s done in past years. He has the Wildcats beating another set of Wildcats — Villanova — in the title game.
As far as upsets go, Obama is clearly on the No. 12 train as he has Buffalo upsetting fifth-seeded West Virginia in the Midwest Region and No. 12 Wyoming over No. 5 Northern Iowa in the East Region. And perhaps spurred by Ole Miss’s comeback victory over BYU in the play-in game Tuesday night, the president also has the 11th-seeded Rebels beating Xavier. But after the second round, Obama’s bracket gets very chalky. He has 10th-seeded Davidson reaching the Sweet 16 out of the South Region, but in the other three regions he goes straight chalk, with the top four seeded teams reaching the region semifinals.
Obama has been just okay with his NCAA tournament brackets in the past, just like the rest of us:
Last year, President Obama finished in 72.9 percentile overall, but missed on national champion Connecticut (he had Michigan State beating Louisville in title game). His best finish since becoming president was in 2011, when he was in the 87.4 percentile despite picking Kansas to win the national title (Connecticut did that year as well).
Obama did pick the correct national champion in 2009 — North Carolina.Obama also told ESPN’s Andy Katz that he would like to see college basketball adopt the 30-second shot clock:
“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,” Obama said. “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.”
In an attempt to increase scoring, the NCAA will experiment with the 30-second shot clock during National Invitation Tournament games this season.