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Barack Obama Reveals March Madness 2025 Bracket, Picks, Upsets

Dan Girolamo Sports Editor

Published20 Mar 2025

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It’s become a yearly tradition for President Barack Obama to share his March Madness bracket. Check out Obama’s picks and upsets for the men’s tournament.

Barack Obama Reveals March Madness 2025 Bracket

I’m cutting it close, but here are my #MarchMadness picks. Who do you have winning it all?

This year, three of our @MBK_Alliance students will be going down to the Final Four to learn from the people who make it all run. We can’t wait to hear more about their experience. pic.twitter.com/kL5Wc3RlkE

— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) March 20, 2025

It came down to the wire, but Obama released his picks for the 2025 NCAA Tournament a few hours before the opening tip.

“I’m cutting it close, but here are my #MarchMadness picks,” Obama wrote on X. “Who do you have winning it all?”

Obama has a lot of chalk advancing into the later rounds.

Obama likes No. 1 Auburn to defeat No. 2 Michigan State in the South Regional Final.

In the West, Obama is picking No. 1 Florida to defeat No. 2 St. John’s to advance to the Final Four.

Obama believes that No. 1 Duke will get past No. 2 Alabama in the East Regional Final to get to the Final Four. In one of his rare upset picks, the former Commander in Chief has No. 11 VCU beating No. 6 BYU in the First Round.

Obama is siding with No. 2 Tennessee to come out of the Midwest Region.

However, Obama took a risk by picking No. 5 Clemson to reach the Elite Eight, beating No. 12 McNeese, No. 4 Purdue, and No. 1 Houston to reach the Elite Eight.

Unfortunately for Obama, that region of his bracket has been busted. No. 12 McNeese pulled off the 69-67 upset to beat No. 5 Clemson in the First Round.