President Obama Lagging at 18th (Out of 32) in White House NCAA Pool
EmailNow that the NCAA basketball tournament has been winnowed down from 64 to the Final Four, how is President Obama doing with his NCAA picks?
Pretty weak, though he still could end up having picked the winner.
President Obama had picked Louisville, Pitt, Memphis and UNC to go to the Final Four.
Of those teams, only UNC has actually made it to the Final Four.
He thought No. 3 seed Villanova was going to lose to No. 2 seed Duke in the Sweet 16. But the pride of Philly did not lose to those Blue Devils, and is in the Final Four.
He foresaw No. 2 seed Memphis beating No. 3 Mizzou in the Sweet 16. But Memphis did not rise to the challenge, losing 102-91 (after which Mizzou lost to Connecticut).
He did not predict that the No. 2 Michigan State Spartans would upset the No. 1 Louisville Cardinals, which they did, in the Elite Eight, 64-52.
President Obama is doing worse than 53.17 percent of those in ESPN’s pool.
In the White House pool, President Obama is ranked 18th out of 32.
President Obama still has time to recover a bit if the Tarheels go all the way.
But since there are those ranked ahead of him in the ESPN pool who have also picked UNC to go all the way, it’s a mathematical certainty that he won’t win that one. (It’s unclear if any of the 17 ahead of him in the White House pool picked the Tarheels, so theoretically at least he could still win that contest.)
- jpt
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It certainly would have made Karl proud.
Posted by: two cats | March 30, 2009, 1:38 pm 1:38 pm
I hope UNC will lose the championship this year.
Posted by: anonymous | March 30, 2009, 1:45 pm 1:45 pm
more breaking news that ABC can hide:
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How about them apples Jake
Posted by: Obama and his party of clowns | March 30, 2009, 2:01 pm 2:01 pm
If the Tarheels lose, he’s going to make the coach resign.
Posted by: DontGet818OnMeNow | March 30, 2009, 3:37 pm 3:37 pm
this is the best you could do, tapper?
Posted by: scootie puff jr. | March 30, 2009, 10:58 pm 10:58 pm
The “pick” of Obama’s that most concerns me is his Alinsky-inspired desire to see socialism triumph over capitalism.
Posted by: Thank God for Karma | March 31, 2009, 12:40 am 12:40 am
This is a wonderful post. I think Barack is doing a pretty decent job and has taken many steps to show that he is serious about eliciting change in the Executive Office. I think that there are still a lot of challenges, and you can expect that it will not always be easy and that he will have to make many tough decisions, much tougher than filling out a NCAA bracket. People might enjoy this list of the top ten signs the president’s gig is harder than you thought:
Posted by: Vince | March 31, 2009, 4:01 am 4:01 am
Where does the president stand on his Women’s basketball picks?
Posted by: mad | March 31, 2009, 3:35 pm 3:35 pm
Well……who else is not surprised?
He has done a much better job running our nation into the ground and he is handing us over to our enemies on a silver salver. Good going bub!!
Posted by: American Infidel | March 31, 2009, 5:01 pm 5:01 pm
You got your politics in my sports coverage.
No you go your sports coverage in my politics.
Only problem here, unlike Peanut butter cups. NEITHER story is improved my the BS in the comment section.
Posted by: Joseph | March 31, 2009, 6:34 pm 6:34 pm
That idiot Chris matthews was hailing Obama as a “genius” over his NCAA brackets and the media obsessed on his bracket for days…but now that he has been embarrassingly wrong and very far from a genius the media has fallen completely silent on the matter. HOW CONVENIENT! Thank you Jake Tapper for proving once again that you are almost alone amongst reporters with actual integrity.
Posted by: RyanT. | March 31, 2009, 6:48 pm 6:48 pm
Quit hatin’. Your president is doing a fine job so far and has probably picked the NCAA champion to boot.
Jake, do try to a little harder to hide your disdain for the president. You border on disrespect.
Posted by: indyintx | March 31, 2009, 11:19 pm 11:19 pm