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It’s that time of year again where everyone is filling out brackets for the NCAA Tournament and again, the 44th President of the United States is no exception.

Barack Obama released his NCAA Tournament picks on Thursday and let’s just say the former commander-in-chief was probably a hit with his elementary school teachers because he’s all chalk.

At least in the Final Four.

Let’s examine:

Obama picks the four number-one seeds to reach the Final Four, something that has only happened one time in the history of the tournament.  I get the math behind it making sense but this is like going to the horse track and betting on the 2-1 favorite to show.

I know because when I was broke in college that’s exactly how I’d do it in order to simply be able to have something on each race.  Perhaps I should have instead just been using my money on something else but hey, one day I’ll learn.

It was safe, but it certainly wasn’t very fun.

Obama has Gonzaga beating Illinois in the championship on the men’s side while he got crazy on the women’s side having Baylor, a two-seed, beating Stanford for the title while another two-seed, Maryland, also makes his Final Four.

Brackets. Are. BACK.

It’s that time again – when dunks, brackets and buzzer-beaters inspire widespread incidents of March Madness. Get the jump on your friends by filling out your selections now!

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