Barack doesn’t like Andy Katz either
Barack knows basketball.
ESPN is currently featuring an exclusive inside look at Barack Obama’s NCAA Tournament bracket, and it’s not that intriguing. Between their online content, and the Sportscenter segment, it’s rather boring in fact. Our president makes safe picks, for the most part, and even takes a shot at the Pac-10, who he says is “down” this year (goodbye, California electorate). His national champion is North Carolina, and he has them beating Louisville in the title game. Eh. Oh, and he also has Washington losing to UConn in the Sweet 16. Like that hasn’t happened before.
Perhaps the most awesome thing about the whole segment is that Obama comes off as slightly perturbed by the presence of ESPN College Basketball analyst Andy Katz. You may remember Andy Katz from a column we featured on this site in December, condemning him for labeling Washington the Pac-10′s Most Disappointing team (define “disappointing”). He’s an annoying know-it-all that in reality knows little more than the rest of us. He doesn’t seem to do his job very well, and his opinions are uneducated and often just flat wrong. I’m sure Barack knows this. Which is why when Katz is needling him and trying to lend a helping hand with Barack’s bracket, our prez simply brushes him off or answers his questions with brief, two-word answers. I like it. As president, is there anything Barack can do to ensure that we never hear from Andy Katz again?
My favorite part was when Andy Katz said his bracket was the same at one point, and insisted that Barack was cheating, Barack said something along the lines of “If I wanted to win I wouldn’t cheat off you, Andy.”
But Obama has UW losing to Perdue? The only upsets he picks are 9′s beating 8′s and 5′s beating 4′s. And UCLA and ASU losing in the first round. Sure am glad I didn’t vote for him. Clearly he is not willing to take risks.
My bad on the UConn reference. He didn’t even have us making it that far. Geez.
Yeah. NCAA Brackets have a lot to do with politics.