March Madness is here! People around the world are filling out tournament brackets for the 2023 NCAA, hoping to have the best bracket among their family and friends, with some wanting to achieve the near-impossible task of filling a perfect bracket.
Just like you, celebrities have also filled out March Madness brackets. See how you stack up against some of college basketball’s most notable fans as we track down the celebrity lineups for the 2023 NCAA Tournament.
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Snoop Dogg (boy band)
Champion: No. 2 UCLA
Final four: No. 1 Alabama, No. 1 Houston, No. 2 UCLA, No. 5 Duke
Snoop Dogg, a Grammy-nominated and legendary rapper, is one of the most popular music artists ever to come out of Los Angeles. It’s only right that he goes with UCLA as his champion.
joe biden (group of men)
Champion: No. 2 Arizona
Final four: No. 1 Kansas, No. 2 Arizona, No. 2 Marquette, No. 2 Texas
Three two-seeds made President Biden’s final four, but his group lacks much flavor entering the Sweet 16. All four top seeds make it out of the first two rounds in Biden’s group
joe biden (women)
Champion: No. 4 Vilanova
Final four: No. 1 South Carolina, No. 1 Stanford, No. 2 UConn, No. 4 Villanova
South Carolina’s undefeated streak will end in the national championship at No. 4 Villanova, according to President Biden. He picked just three faults in the first round on the women’s side.
barack obama (boy band)
Champion: No. 5 Voivoda
Final four: No. 1 Houston, No. 2 UCLA, No. 3 Baylor, No. 5 Duke
Former President Barack Obama’s annual tradition of filling out the March Madness bracket continued in 2023. All four of his Final Four teams came from different seed lines on the men’s side
barack obama (women)
Champion: #1 in South Carolina
Final four: No. 1 South Carolina, No. 1 Stanford, No. 1 Indiana, No. 1 Virginia Tech
It’s a final four full of No. 1 seeds for President Obama on the women’s side. There are few surprises in Obama’s women’s group outside of No. 7 seed NC State making the Sweet 16.
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Candace Parker (Women)
Champion: #1 in South Carolina
Final four: No. 1 South Carolina, No. 4 Texas, No. 3 LSU and No. 4 Tennessee.
The hoops legend likes her alma mater, the Vols, to reach the finals before running into powerhouse South Carolina.
Trey Young (Male Group)
Champion: No. 3 Kansas State
Final four: No. 1 Kansas, No. 2 Texas, No. 3 Baylor, No. 3 Kansas State
Oklahoma didn’t make this year’s men’s tournament, but that didn’t stop Sooner-turned-NBA star Trae Young from picking a Final Four pick from all of the Big 12. Young might have a bit of a conference bias.
Paolo Banchero (Men)
Champion: No. 5 Voivoda
Final four: No. 1 Houston, No. 3 Gonzaga, No. 5 Duke, No. 6 Creighton
Did we really expect a former Duke basketball player who went No. 1 in the NBA draft just a year ago to pick someone else as his champion? Choosing Duke was the easy choice for Paolo Banchero.
Sean Evans (Male Group)
Champion: No. 2 Arizona
Final four: No. 1 Houston, No. 1 Kansas, No. 2 Marquette, No. 2 Arizona
Sean Evans, star of the hit YouTube series Hot Ones, kept things soft with his bracket prediction. Evans went with two No. 1 seeds and two No. 2 seeds in his Final Four, with Arizona winning them all.
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Britt Baker (Male Group)
Champion: No. 1 Alabama
Final four: No. 1 Alabama, No. 5 Duke, No. 3 Gonzaga, No. 10 Penn State
Did Punxsutawney Phil predict a Nittany Lions Final Four appearance on Groundhog Day? Punxsutawney native and AEW champion wrestler Britt Baker seems to think so, making one of the boldest Final Four picks of any celebrity, picking Penn State to make the Final Four.
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The Miz (Men’s Bracket)
Champion: #1 Houston
Final four: No. 1 Kansas, No. 1 Houston, No. 1 Alabama, No. 5 Duke
The Miz is a WWE Superstar and he stuck to the script for most of his first round picks. Its only first-round upsets came at No. 10 Utah State, No. 10 USC, No. 13 Kent State and No. 15 Princeton before three No. 1 seeds and Duke made the Final Four
Kyle Guy (boy band)
Champion:
Final Four: #1 Houston, #1 Purdue, #4 Virginia, #8 Arkansas
Yes, Kyle Guy, Virginia’s 2019 title MVP, picked the Cavaliers to win the title. But it was his Final Four selection at Arkansas that stands out the most.