President Obama is known as an avid sports fan and one thing that is consistent during his time in the White House is filling out the presidential NCAA Tournament bracket on ESPN with Andy Katz, which the president has done five years in a row.
According to ESPN.com, for the 2013 tournament, President Obama selected Louisville, Indiana, Ohio State and Florida to make the Final Four, with Louisville and Indiana heading to the national championship game. The Hoosiers were his pick to win over the Cardinals, who are the number one overall seed in the tournament.
ESPN dubbed it "Barack-etolgy" and showed Obama filling out his bracket along with Andy Katz. The president revealed his picks in an interview on Tuesday night and he also filled out a women's bracket, which will be shown on Friday. On the women's side he picked Baylor, Connecticut, Notre Dame and California in the Final Four
"I'm going with Louisville. I know it's not a surprise pick," he said on a tape shown on "SportsCenter" Wednesday. "And I'm going with Indiana These are the two best teams right now, and for the championship I'm going back to the Big Ten. I think this is Indiana's year."
Last year Obama picked two of the Final Four teams in Ohio State and Kentucky, but his pick of North Carolina to win it all ended in the Elite Eight. Kentucky won the championship but missed out on the NCAA tournament this year. The Wildcats lost on Tuesday night in the NIT to Robert Morris in a big upset.
Louisville was picked out of the Midwest region and Indiana was picked to win the East. Florida is from the South, while Obama picked Ohio State for the second year as a number two seed in the West.
