Plays it safe with NCAA bracket's Final Four

Obama s Bracket President Obama may be taking a political risk in his quest to fix health care, but he's playing it safe when it comes to his March Madness picks.

Obama Bracket The Hoopster-in-Chief chose University of Kansas - the overall No. 1 seed - to be national champions in his NCAA Barack-ets, defeating fellow top seed Kentucky.

The president rounded out his final four with a pair of No. 2 seeds, Kansas State and Villanova.

Obama put four Big East teams in the Elite Eight, picking his adopted hometown's Georgetown along with West Virginia and Syracuse.

The picks released Wednesday marked the second year the President filled out a bracket for ESPN.

But this was the first time Obama also picked the Final Four in women's college basketball, choosing Connecticut, Stanford, Tennessee and Notre Dame.

Last year, Obama correctly picked the North Carolina Tar Heels to win it all for the men's title.