Japan had a mega-earthquake, a tsunami, and multiple nuclear reactors in meltdown....Nuclear radiation will reach California this weekend....Uprisings are spreading across the Middle East....Gaddafi is brutally killing Libyans....Bahrain was invaded...Americans are paying MORE than $4 per gallon for gasoline....Millions of Americans are unemployed and homeless....44 millions live on stamps AND OBAMA IS TALKING ABOUT BASKETBALL!
WASHINGTON — Call it the audacity of chalk. President Barack Obama's NCAA bracket is conspicuously devoid of upsets, with all of the top seeds in the college basketball championship advancing to the Final Four. Three of those four No. 1 seeds — Duke, Pittsburgh and Ohio State — also just so happen to hail from swing states Obama hopes to carry again in 2012.
But the president ultimately picks the team from a deeply red state, Kansas, to win it all, defeating Ohio State in the championship game.
"I think that Kansas has more firepower," Obama said of the pick.
This is the third year Obama has filled out his tournament brackets before ESPN's cameras. In 2009, he correctly made North Carolina his championship pick but erred with his choice of Kansas to win it all in 2010. Duke, where Obama personal aide Reggie Love once played, won it all at last year's Big Dance.
This year, Obama is giving Kansas another shot, saying, "They always feel bad about losing when the president picks them."
ESPN analyst Andy Katz told ABC News that Obama played it "very conservative" as he made his selections, choosing very few upsets.
Asked by Katz about going with all "chalk," the president said it was the first time he'd ever done so.
As Obama filmed this year's segment, he acknowledged that "we are going through incredible changes all around the world." He also encouraged viewers to visit USAID.gov to find out how they can help the Japanese people.
The president also was set to make picks in the NCAA women's basketball tournament.
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