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President Obama fills out women’s brackets for ESPN

posted by Pretty Tough | Girls Who Are Fun Fierce & Feminine
Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at 11:04pm CDT

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We all know President Barack Obama is a huge hoops fans. In fact after last year’s NCAA title, Obama invited the UConn women’s team to a championship ceremony at the White House and even ended up shooting baskets with the players. At the time, he said that as the father of two young daughters, he especially appreciated the success of female athletes like the Connecticut team.

This week Obama picked UConn to win another national championship. In an ESPN exclusive, Obama filled out his bracket predictions for both the 2010 NCAA Men’s and Women’s Basketball Tournaments with ESPN.com senior writer Andy Katz and ESPN basketball analyst Doris Burke. This is the first time President Obama has publicly provided his bracket for the women’s tournament.

Obama’s brackets will be posted on ESPN.com shortly after SportsCenter airs his interview on Wednesday, March 17th with Katz and will appear alongside fans expected to play in ESPN Women’s Tournament Challenge presented by Capital One.

The President is predicting a Women’s Final Four of Connecticut, Notre Dame, Stanford and Tennessee to meet April 4-6 in San Antonio.

Referring to the interview, Burke said, “In just the short time I spent with President Obama, it was obvious how much of a basketball fan he is. While he has joined the rest of the nation in following the storyline of the Connecticut Huskies and their current historic win streak, I was impressed with his overall knowledge and passion for all of basketball. He is also intrigued with the potential matchup of the titans of women’s basketball in Tennessee and Connecticut.”

Don’t let the Prez be the only one having fun during March Madness. If you want to play along, join the WomenTalkSports group for the Bracket Challenge! Here’s how:

Check out NCAA Games and create a user account. (name, password)
Click here to head to the Women’s Basketball Bracket page. (or go to D-1 Women’s basketball-picks)
Navigate to “Join a Group”- Join the WomenTalkSports group by entering:

group name: WomenTalkSports

password: womentalksports

It’s as simple as that, but will be loads of fun as WTS will be giving away random prizes throughout the tournament and a grand prize for the winner of our bracket challenge!