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Obama Scoffs At No. 2 Seed, Picks UConn In His Bracket
Barack Obama isn't buying that No. 2 seed assigned to the University of Connecticut Women's basketball team in the NCAA tourney.
STORRS, CT — Barack Obama isn't buying that No. 2 seed assigned to the University of Connecticut Women's basketball team in the NCAA tournament's Albany Regional. In fact, the former president who made bracket filling trendy in the White House has the Huskies marching to their 12th national championship.
Obama made his brackets public on Thursday via the www.Obama.org website.
He has UConn defeating Towson, Rugters, Maryland and Louisville to get to the Final Four and then beating Notre Dame in the national semifinal and top-ranked Baylor in the championship game.
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He has Baylor besting Mississippi State in the Final Four. Before that, he has Baylor beating Abilene Christian, North Carolina, South Carolina and North Carolina State to reach the Final Four.
He has arch rival Duke and North Carolina squaring off in the men's title game with Duke prevailing.
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