S/O to President Obama, who is Cheering on the Women's Team Right Now
Barack Obama has made his support of the Princeton Women's Basketball team known - he picked the team to go to the Final Four in the famous Presidential Bracket. Today, he came out in person. Right now, he is cheering on the Tigers, the only undefeated in women's college basketball, in College Park, Maryland, where they are playing Green Bay in the first round of the NCAA tournament.Full disclosure: he has a couple close connections to the team. In addition to Michelle Obama attending Princeton, his niece, Leslie Robinson, is a Freshman reserve on the team. And College Park is only a short drive from 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.The First Lady was not in attendance, after having spent the week travelling in Japan.President Obama is sitting in a sea of orange - part of a huge Princeton contingent that made it out to College Park for the game. The showing certainly appears to have energized the team. They came out of the gate quick, and had a 7-point lead with ten minutes remaining in the first half. Green Bay narrowed it, and is now up by a point at the half.Princeton is killing it on the boards, with a +16 rebounding advantage, but some nerves might be showing too - they have 9 more turnovers than Green Bay.If you can't make it out to College Park like the President, you can catch the second half on ESPN2 or WatchESPN.com.UPDATE:The Tigers won their first ever NCAA Tournament Game by a score of 80-70. Green Bay hung with them for much of the second half, but the Tigers pulled away in the closing minutes, and Annie Tarakchian led the way with a huge double-double: 19 points and 17 rebounds. President Obama stayed for the entire game.The team will continue their pursuit of perfection against the winner of Maryland and New Mexico State at 6:30 pm on Monday in College Park. Who knows who might show up this time.