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Let's just get this out of the way immediately: President Barack Obama is not actual acceptable at acrimonious the NCAA Tournament. If you were to go as far as to say that he's "terrible" at bushing out a bracket, you wouldn't be that far off. Of course, it's simple to accept why.
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Let's yield this anniversary as an example. At some point, Obama will sit down at his board and accomplish accomplished guesses about a alternation of academy basketball games. At every added time, he will be cerebration about, say, a commuter jet that has been missing for over a week, or Russia accepting on the border of annoying a war. So we can cut him some baggy while afresh acquainted that you should absolutely yield your bank admonition from just about anyone abroad on Earth.
In belief the brackets that Obama has abounding out during his six years in the Oval Office, we accept best up on some trends, including one - and just one - accepted strength.
1. He loves No. 1 seeds
Like the majority of humans who ample out brackets, Obama favors top-seeded teams. Of the 24 teams he has best to accomplish the Final Four over the endure six years, 16 of them accept been No. 1 seeds. Of the actual eight teams, six were two seeds, one was a three berry and one was a four seed. This is the normcore of NCAA clash predictions.
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Of course, No. 1 seeds are far from locks to be a part of the endure four teams standing. Consequently, this action has not served Obama well: the admiral has called seven actual Final Four teams out of 24, acceptable for 29 percent.
2. His championship aces ability as able-bodied be a kiss of death
Out of six years, Obama has nailed alone one civic champion: North Carolina in 2009. (Obama trusts the Tar Heels, accepting best them to accomplish the Final Four four times.) 2009 aswell happens to be the endure time that Obama's championship aces even fabricated the Final Four. So if he picks your aggregation to win it all this year, do whatever is the adverse of accepting your hopes up.
3. He hates Cinderellas
The absolute ability of Americans bushing out NCAA brackets isn't based just on gambling. There's aswell the different adventure of watching one of your agitated picks blast the party. Barack Obama, on the added hand, doesn't see the appeal. In his six years in office, Obama has best alone one double-digit berry to beforehand to the Sweet 16: 11 berry North Carolina State in 2012, which, to his credit, in fact happened.
Otherwise, what passes for an agitated anticipation in the White House is Obama acrimonious sixth-seeded Marquette to win two amateur in 2010 (they absent in the aperture round). Otherwise, he alone picks teams in the top 5 seeds to beforehand accomplished the additional round, admitting in 2009 he did baddest seventh-seeded Clemson - which absent its aperture bold - to defeat second-seeded Oklahoma in the additional round, afore bridge it out and traveling with the Sooners.
4. He is acceptable at acrimonious first-round upsets, though
Again, Barack Obama, like the blow of us, is not acceptable at admiration academy basketball outcomes. But, for some reason, he has apparent an bent at - and alone at - acrimonious first-round upsets. Since 2008, Obama has best 21 double-digit seeds to win in the aboriginal round, and he's been appropriate 11 times. This includes when, in 2011, he nailed all four of his above aboriginal annular agitated selections. All of which makes it even added abstract that he after picks anniversary of these teams to lose its next game.
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5. He has no alma academy bias
Barack Obama went to Occidental Academy - which may or may not accept a basketball aggregation - as an undergrad. He eventually fabricated his way to Harvard Law, but let's hazard a assumption that he didn't affliction too abundant about the school's sports teams. Harvard has fabricated the clash in anniversary of the accomplished two seasons, but Obama hasn't best them to win in either year, instead traveling with Vanderbilt in 2012 and New Mexico in 2013. Endure year's team, by the way, pulled off the upset.
The admiral will accept a adventitious to redeem himself this year, though. His Crimson nabbed a 12 seed, and will face the fifth-seeded Cincinnati Bearcats in the aboriginal round. C'mon, Barack.
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