Continuing his own March Madness tradition, former president Barack Obama unveiled his NCAA Tournament brackets on Wednesday.
Obama, who has been doing this since his presidency in 2012, has Arizona winning the men’s tourney and UConn coming out on top among the women.
.@BarackObama‘s bracket is set. What do you think of his picks?
Good luck to all of the athletes competing and the young men from @MBK_Alliance getting a peek into careers in sports. pic.twitter.com/dOPyWEBuKB
— The Obama Foundation (@ObamaFoundation) March 18, 2026
Both brackets are fairly chalky, as is often the case with Obama.
He has all four No. 1 seeds on the women’s side — UConn, UCLA, Texas and South Carolina — making it to the Final Four and beating the No. 2 seed in the Elite Eight in all but region (he has No. 3 TCU beating No. 2 Iowa in the Sacramento 4 bracket).
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For the men, it’s No. 1 overall seed Duke against Arizona in the championship game, with South No. 3 seed Illinoi and Midwest No. 2 seed Iowa State making it to Indianapolis. His lone upset beyond the 8-9 and 7-10 matchups: No. 11 South Florida over No. 6 Louisville in the East.
Of course, Obama isn’t the only celebrity who got in on the action.
Snoop Dogg’s bracket!
Two 12 > 5 upsets 👀
Alabama makes a run to Indy 🐘
Arizona 🏆 #MarchMadnesspic.twitter.com/f6ZGgPK61c— NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessMBB) March 16, 2026
Micah Parsons’ bracket!
Texas Tech to the Final Four 👀
VCU > UNC 😳
Duke cuts down the nets ✂️#MarchMadnesspic.twitter.com/XvamUog9BQ— NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessMBB) March 18, 2026
CC Sabathia’s bracket!
Michigan takes the trophy 🏆
BYU 👉 Elite 8 🔥
Santa Clara upsets Kentucky 👀#MarchMadnesspic.twitter.com/cVbm5sj8oX— NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessMBB) March 18, 2026
.@jimmyfallon’s bracket!
St. John’s 🏆
Miami ➡️ Sweet 16
VCU> UNC#MarchMadnesspic.twitter.com/XOaCO3qCf8— NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessMBB) March 19, 2026
Zac Brown’s bracket!
Akron ➡️ Sweet 16 👀
VCU > UNC 😤
Arizona over Duke for the title 😼#MarchMadnesspic.twitter.com/gXzd2Wh51r— NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessMBB) March 18, 2026
Gunnar Henderson’s bracket!
Louisville ➡️ Final Four 👀
McNeese > Vandy 🤫
Florida goes back-to-back 🐊 #MarchMadnesspic.twitter.com/l0SYQ28Mnl— NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessMBB) March 18, 2026
.@Metallica‘s bracket!
UCLA 🏆
Iowa> Florida 😳
Kentucky ➡️ Elite 8#MarchMadnesspic.twitter.com/CZwXYjCpI1— NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessMBB) March 19, 2026
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