Former President Obama picks winners straight-up for each bracket and round.
When Obama picks upsets, I can identify games where yours truly Lady Godiva and the Baracketer-in-Chief disagree even allowing the point spread to the Baracketer. I follow a system in ex-toy-boy Reginald's NCAA against-the-spread (ATS) pool. I take all small favourite overdogs giving 12 points or less. In 12 years from 2009 through 2021, I am 41-45-1 ATS womano-a-mano against the Baracketer. In rounds 1 and 2 this year, I was 2-3 against the Baracketer.
Speaking of mano-a-womano, kudos to the former President for also picking the women's NCAA brackets.
Obama got UNC right as the 2009 and 2017 winner. After a tough time in 2010 and 2011 with none of his final 4 picks coming through, he correctly picked 5 of the elite 8 in 2013 and 2014 as well as 6 of 8 in 2012 and 2015. Not too shabby. In 2017, he picked 10 of the sweet 16. In 2018, the Baracketer-in-Chief was way off along almost everyone else. In 2019, he got 12 right of the sweet 16 and 4 of the elite 8. In 2021 the Baracketer picked 5 of the elite 8 and 2 of the final 4, but his pick of Gonzaga to win fell short.
I wish a NCAA men's team would go undefeated all the way through to winning the championship and stop the references to the last team to do so, Indiana in 1976, while their thoroughly unpleasant coach Bob Knight is still alive to see it.
