Barack Obama releases NCAA March Madness 2024 brackets: See the former president's picks
Mr. Speaker, the (former) president's NCAA brackets.
Former President Barack Obama released his brackets for the NCAA men's and women's basketball tournaments early Tuesday morning.
In the men's field Obama played it safe with just a few upsets in the first round. In the later rounds, he favored some of the more successful programs in recent years, giving UConn, Baylor, Kentucky and Purdue his Final Four spots. In the end, he picked UConn to cut down the nets after defeating Kentucky in Glendale, Arizona.
On the women's side the 44th president heavily favored the higher seeds with three No. 1 seeds – South Carolina, Southern California and Iowa – along with No. 2 seed Stanford in the Final Four. He chose the Gamecocks to lift the trophy in Cleveland.
Obama has picked the men's tournament winner twice since he began releasing brackets in 2009 and the women's winner six times since he began picking that tournament in 2010.
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President Barack Obama's March Madness 2024 men's and women's bracket
My picks are in! I sat down to talk about them with @CraigMalRob and @UKCoachCalipari on their podcast Ways To Win from @HGMedia. Check out our conversation wherever you get your podcasts. And please don’t rub it in when my bracket gets busted. https://t.co/pVLfuHjYmo pic.twitter.com/la2NTDh1z7
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) March 19, 2024
President Obama's previous men's picks
2023 — Pick: Duke | Winner: UCONN
2022 — Pick: Gonzaga | Winner: Kansas
2021 — Pick: Gonzaga | Winner: Baylor
2019 — Pick: Duke | Winner: Virginia
2018 — Pick: Michigan State | Winner: Villanova
2017 — Pick: North Carolina | Winner: North Carolina
2016 — Pick Kansas | Winner: Villanova
2015 — Pick: Kentucky | Winner: Duke
2014 — Pick: Michigan State | Winner: Connecticut
2013 — Pick: Indiana | Winner: Louisville
2012 — Pick: North Carolina | Winner: Kentucky
2011 — Pick: Kansas | Winner: Connecticut
2010 — Pick: Kansas | Winner: Duke
2009 — Pick: North Carolina | Winner: North Carolina
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President Obama's previous women's picks
2023 — Pick: South Carolina | Winner: LSU
2022 — Pick: South Carolina | Winner: South Carolina
2021 — Pick: Baylor | Winner: Stanford
2019 — Pick: UConn | Winner: Baylor
2018 — Pick: UConn | Winner: Notre Dame
2017 — Pick: UConn | Winner: South Carolina
2016 — Pick UConn | Winner: UConn
2015 — Pick: UConn | Winner: UConn
2014 — Pick: UConn | Winner: UConn
2013 — Pick: Baylor | Winner: UConn
2012 — Pick: Baylor | Winner: Baylor
2011 — Pick: UConn | Winner: Texas A&M
2010 — Pick: UConn | Winner: UConn
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Barack Obama unveils March Madness bracket ahead of men's First Four
