President Obama loves basketball, so that explains why he carefully predicted the No.1 seed Indiana to win the NCAA men's championship.

Since being elected in to office, Obama has made an annual tradition of giving his bracket predictions to ESPN but only correctly picked the winner once - North Carolina in 2009. This year, Obama said he thinks he can do better in his second term.

Before leaving on a trip to the Middle East, the president made his selections and predicted Indiana to defeat Louisville in the championship game."I think this is Indiana's year," Obama said. Many conclude the president chose Indiana because The Hoosiers won the Big Ten regular season title and spent 10 weeks ranked No. 1 in the country this season.

ESPN surveyed readers about the quality of the president's Final Four picks. The survey's latest results revealed that 50 percent of fans think he accurately chose only one of the Final Four teams.

According to Yahoo! Sports, after making that Carolina pick four years ago, the president only correctly predicted two of 12 Final Four teams.

Obama also predicted Louisville, Ohio State, and Florida reaching the Final Four in Atlanta early next month.

Last year Obama ranked 2,347,421 out of roughly 6.45 million brackets on ESPN.com

A report by the Chicago Tribune is giving sports fans an inside look on last minute tips for filling out NCAA brackets.

According to the site, since the seeding began in 1979, over 90 percent of No.1 seeds in the men's tournament advanced to the Final Four. Only three times in 34 years has at least one top seed. Schools like Gonzaga, Lousiville, Kansas and Indiana are projected to last.

The second round games of the NCAA men's tournament take place on Thursday and Friday. The third round will be contested over the weekend on the March 23 and 24, while the Sweet 16 and Elite Eight games will go run through the 28-31.

The championship game will be held at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Ga.

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