The NCAA Tournament had barely gotten underway before a lot of brackets got busted. For only the 11th time in NCAA Tournament history, a No. 15 seed beat a No. 2 when Princeton upset Arizona.
One of the busted brackets belonged to the President of the United States, Joe Biden.
Biden revealed his picks for both the men’s and women’s tournaments on Thursday. On the men’s side, he went with Arizona.
And it did not take long for college basketball fans on Twitter to jump in and have some fun at the expense of Biden’s bracket.
Political allies and foes of Biden all wasted little time making fun of his poor selection. And they were not the only ones to do so.
Never bet against New Jersey! Congrats to @PrincetonMBB!! https://t.co/yendUAIaXm
— Cory Booker (@CoryBooker) March 16, 2023
Par for the course guy hasnt been right on anything for 2 yrs https://t.co/2BYNkBnsV7
— Dr Keeneland Dan (@fatbaldguyracin) March 16, 2023
His bracket is even more busted than his economy https://t.co/UqQcX5jDT6
— Red Eagle Politics (@RedEaglePatriot) March 16, 2023
Shouldn’t sleep on Jersey, Mr. President.
Congrats @PUTIGERS !!! https://t.co/C8F0CZmdKE
— Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (@RepBonnie) March 16, 2023
Joe Biden’s March Madness bracket perfectly sums up his entire Presidency. Joe Biden is the worst President in American History. https://t.co/Pam5rvCoEB
— The Calvin Coolidge Project (@TheCalvinCooli1) March 16, 2023
Whoops! https://t.co/PwwIyfoCOa
— Eric Johnston (@EJohns03) March 16, 2023
Bust. https://t.co/dPXYnpN3Jq
— Sachelle Reed (@SachelleOnAir) March 16, 2023
Nailed it. 🤣🤣🤣 https://t.co/fBDINMwZmn
— Gerry Callahan (@GerryCallahan) March 16, 2023
When your team gets cursed by the president of the United States :/ https://t.co/M0tWKMcNlN
— Fiona Harrigan (@Fiona_Harrigan) March 16, 2023
https://twitter.com/JasonWolf/status/1636497398108389376
Compiling the brackets from different providers, The New York Times identified Arizona as the seventh-most popular championship pick. So, while Mr. Biden didn’t take the most common team, he’s far from the only person to have his bracket busted.
Biden’s other pick, Villanova, will open up its NCAA Tournament bid on Saturday against Cleveland State. For his sake, we can only hope that those Wildcats do better than the ones from Arizona did. Though the good news for President Biden is that they can’t do any worse.
[President Biden, The New York Times]
