President Barack Obama speaks about how the Tennessee Promise needs to be implemented nation wide during his speech at Pellissippi State Community College Friday, Jan. 9 2015, in

Former President Barack Obama picked Tennessee basketball to make the Final Four of March Madness in his bracket. Here's more:

No American president is more closely linked to basketball than Barack Obama. He is, after all, the world leader who hooped at the White House with balls that had his own dang face printed on the surface. But as the 2025 NCAA tournament approached, his annual bracket was curiously absent.