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The new way to celebrate an NCAA Tournament upset win is yelling at Barack Obama

Busting Obama’s bracket and mocking him for it is the NCAA Tournament’s newest tradition.

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14-seeded Georgia State upset 3-seeded Baylor on a wild game-winner. Coach Ron Hunter’s locker room reaction? Calling out Barack Obama for not picking the Panthers:

Eight-seeded NC State upset 1-seeded Villanova to book a Sweet 16 appearance about a month after everybody assumed they wouldn’t make the NCAA Tournament. Star Anthony “Cat” Barber’s locker room reaction? Calling out Barack Obama for not picking the Wolfpack:

Maryland beat Princeton in the Women’s NCAA Tournament, ending their undefeated season. The team’s locker room reaction? Putting a Maryland jersey on a cutout of Barack Obama and then hitting it a bunch of times.

It used to be teams would yell "NOBODY BELIEVED IN US," but apparently we've moved on to "ONE PERSON WHO SPENT LIKE TWO MINUTES TOPS FILLING OUT A BRACKET ON TV DOES NOT BELIEVE IN US."

It seems politicians have two choices:

1) Make honest sporting picks while filling out a bracket, creating anger, disappointment, and a desire for vengeance amongst teams you did not pick

2) Pretend to be a fan of multiple teams, get booed viciously by fans of both teams

Stick to not sports, I guess.

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