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AP: Big East a big bummer for President Obama's bracket
Published 3/19/2010 in Sports
NEW YORK (AP) — The Big East was a big letdown for President Barack Obama.
Obama correctly predicted 12 of the 16 winners on the first day of the NCAA tournament Thursday. Three of the losses were by teams in the Big East: Georgetown, Notre Dame and Marquette, while the other team crossed out on Obama's bracket was Texas.
The Hoyas, the No. 3 seed in the Midwest Regional, were stunned by 14th-seeded Ohio 97-83.
Two of the sixth-seeded Big East teams fell to No. 11 seeds. Notre Dame lost to Old Dominion in the South Regional, and Marquette was edged by Washington in the East Regional. Obama had Marquette reaching the round of 16 in his bracket.
He nearly went 0 for 4 with Big East teams as No. 2 seed Villanova survived a big-time scare from No. 15 seed Robert Morris in a 73-70 overtime victory.
Texas, the No. 8 seed in the East, lost to ninth-seeded Wake Forest 81-80 in overtime.
Obama's West Regional was flawless after Kansas State, Butler, Murray State and BYU won. The First Fan also has his Final Four intact: Kansas, Kansas State, Kentucky and Villanova.
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.
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Obama's Predictions.
President Obama isn't afraid to miss a few and knows the importance of staying grounded. Besides, 12 out of 16 isn't bad. Wouldn't we all love to have a government that was right 3/4 of the time!
Posted by: David Lee williford on 3/22/2010
go bears
they play tonight
Posted by: john on 3/19/2010