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Biden and Harris’s March Madness support comes back to haunt teams

PJoe Biden (resident) and Kamala Harris (Vice President) are having trouble with the NCAA men’s basketball tournament.

After day one, Biden’s March Madness bracket was completely ruined. Harris was there to witness her alma mater lose the first round.

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On Thursday, the president announced his picks for the college basketball tournaments for men and women. This is a continuation of a presidential trend that was popularized by Barack Obama’s former boss. Biden picked the University of Arizona as the winner of the tournament, but Princeton beat the Wildcats, who were two seeds.

Biden’s Final Four projections, Kansas, Marquette and Texas, still have three of the four remaining teams alive. Biden’s bracket also included incorrect picks such as Furman beating University of Virginia, and San Diego State beating College of Charleston. The four-seed UVA lost to 13 seed Furman, 68-67. Charleston was defeated by five-seed SDSU, 63-57.

Biden picked Villanova University to be the champion in the women’s tourney, which starts Friday. Jill Biden is the wife of Biden and holds a Master of Arts degree from Villanova.

Harris was present in Des Moines to witness her alma mater Howard University lose against the University of Kansas, which resulted in a score of 92-68. Kansas, a 1-seed, was heavily preferred over Howard (16-seed), which was making its debut in the tournament. “big dance” Since 1992.

Harris addressed the Howard basketball team after the game in the locker-room.

“You put everything you had into the game, and you know that’s what it’s about, right? Until the last minute, you guys did that. You didn’t stop until the last second. You did not stop. And that is so inspiring. So you keep playing with chin up and shoulders back because you showed the world who Bison are. I mean, literally, what you have done is in historic proportion. I was at Howard back in the day, where we were just happy that there was a game, much less getting to this place, right?” Harris said.

“And I see Bison literally all over the world, and we’ve been talking about you, this team. … You make us so proud. So, I know you may not be feeling great right now, but know who you are. You are excellence. You are hard work. You are powerful, and you are winners. So, please know that,” She continued.

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She said that they can feel what it feels like to end the speech. “playing hooky at 5 in the afternoon” She will take them on a White House tour.

The men’s NCAA basketball tournament begins Friday. Second round games will be played Saturday and Sunday.


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