--- description: Former president and noted basketball enthusiast Barack Obama just revealed his 2019 March Madness NCAA tournament bracket. title: Barack Obama Reveals His 2019 March Madness Picks image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Ultimate Basketball Fan Barack Obama Reveals His 2019 March Madness Picks ## Video: Georgetown vs. Princeton: The Game That Saved March Madness [Watch (HLS stream): Georgetown vs. Princeton: The Game That Saved March Madness](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/z2mnNZ9m.m3u8) (9:34)  _Published 2014-03-19. No. 16 seed Princeton's near-upset of No. 1 seed Georgetown in a 1989 first-round game made sure Cinderella would always get invited to the ball._  by [Cady Lang](/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 21, 2019 4:10 PM CUT  by [Cady Lang](/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 21, 2019 4:10 PM CUT Former president and noted basketball enthusiast [Barack Obama](http://time.com/5336305/barack-obamas-best-president-survey/ "undefined") revealed his NCAA tournament brackets just in time for [March Madness 2019](http://time.com/5188345/march-madness-origins-word-phrase/ "undefined"), continuing a tradition he began while he was in the Oval Office. Obama, who memorably began publicly sharing his brackets during his time as the commander-in-chief, posted his picks for this year’s tourney via the Obama Foundation, [as he did last year](http://time.com/4702883/barack-obama-2017-ncaa-bracket/ "undefined"). This year, Obama has selected the Duke Blue Devils to take it all for the men’s championship, while for the women’s tourney, he selected longtime NCAA champions, the University of Connecticut. For his men’s picks, Obama selected Michigan, Tennessee, UNC, and of course, Duke for the Final Four, predicting that Duke will beat known rival UNC. His decision to select Duke as the champion might have surprised some, as Obama has frequently favored the Tar Heels in his March Madness picks in the past. See all the [Obama bracket picks](https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2015/03/17/all-presidents-picks-see-his-2015-ncaa-tournament-brackets "undefined") below. > [](https://twitter.com/BarackObama/status/1108756096733331456) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5539532/obama-march-madness-2019/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5539532/obama-march-madness-2019/"},"headline":"Ultimate Basketball Fan Barack Obama Reveals His 2019 March Madness Picks","datePublished":"2019-03-21T16:10:34.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:57:44.213Z","description":"His Final Four might surprise you","url":"https://time.com/5539532/obama-march-madness-2019/","keywords":["Newsfeed","March Madness","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5539532/obama-march-madness-2019/","name":"Ultimate Basketball Fan Barack Obama Reveals His 2019 March Madness Picks"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Georgetown vs. Princeton: The Game That Saved March Madness","description":"No. 16 seed Princeton's near-upset of No. 1 seed Georgetown in a 1989 first-round game made sure Cinderella would always get invited to the ball.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/z2mnNZ9m/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-03-19T23:01:36.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/z2mnNZ9m.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/5539532/obama-march-madness-2019/","duration":"PT9M34S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/5539532/obama-march-madness-2019/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```