The Hoopster-in-Chief, President Barack Obama, filled out his NCAA bracket, and like a true politician, played it as safe as anyone would have imagined.

Out of the 63 games in the tournament, Barry only had nine games where a lower seed beat a higher seed, with only three double-digit seeds getting out of the first round.

President Obama had no seeds lower than 11 advancing in his bracket, with 27 out of 32 higher seeds winning in the first round. In the second round, he picked two five-seeds to advance. After that, he had just one three-seed winning in the Sweet 16 round, and one two-seed getting into the Final Four.

Outside of those nine games, Obama has the higher seed advancing in every game. Since 1985, only twice has no seed lower than 11 won a game — 2000 and 2007.

In the Midwest, Obama has the higher seed winning every game played, right up until Louisville heads to the Final Four. In Obama’s bracket, the four teams that will meet up in Detroit are Louisville, Pittsburgh, North Carolina and Memphis, with North Carolina cutting down the nets.

Out of curiosity, do you think if Obama entered his bracket over at pickmanager.com, and scored himself $100 million for a perfect bracket, would he quit his job like everyone else in the United States? You have to figure he’s set for life financially anyway, but damn, $100 million. Even he should know to take the money in today’s economy.

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