Well it is finally that time of year
that everyone is always going crazy about, March Madness. A total of 64 teams battle it out in in 6
rounds of highly intense games of basketball for a chance to be national
champions in the largest tournament of the year. Millions of Americans make their selections before
the tournament starts, selecting teams to win each round until and national
champion is chosen. Like previous years,
president Obama has made his March Madness bracket selections and choose
Michigan State, a number four seed, to win the tournament. Brackets do take a lot of time, organization,
and thought to do, which doesn’t seem like the president of the United States should
have time to do.
This year is the 76th
consecutive March Madness tournament, and there is just as much madness as
ever. The very first game, that has
already been played, already resulted in a large, somewhat unpredicted
upset. Number 11 seeded Dayton
University beat number 6 seeded Ohio State University by one point in the last seconds
of play. Obama had picked Ohio State
University to win that basketball game and even had them winning in the next
round, advancing into the sweet 16. The
games are just getting started and more madness is to come.
Upon looking at Obamas March Madness
bracket, I realized a few funny things.
I have almost the same exact teams advancing into the elite eight as the
president. With the exception of number
2 seeded Wisconsin proceeding into the final four, as I have Creighton winning,
our brackets look a lot alike. Florida
and Kansas from the south, Michigan state and Villanova from the East,
Louisville and Duke in the Midwest, and finally Arizona and Creighton/Wisconsin
in the West.
Another thing that struck me in
analyzing President Obamas’ bracket is how he would have time to fill out the
bracket. Wouldn’t you think that the president
would have more important things to do than take this time to fill out a
bracket and then go live talking about his bracket? But I guess he can make time for it. With several things that are pushed the presidents
way every day, many would believe that he doesn’t have time for activities such
as these. I guess that it is the president’s
decision whether or not he does this and they know their priorities.
"Mashable."
Mashable. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Mar. 2014.
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