In meeting with Obama, Jayhawks give president a No. 1 jersey
President Barack Obama is a huge college basketball fan. So it only made sense for him to pay the Kansas Jayhawks and coach Bill Self a visit Thursday when he visited campus as part of his post-State of the Union tour.
Obama, who shares his NCAA tournament bracket publicly each year, joked during his visit that he had lost the state in his two presidential elections. He also praised Self and the Jayhawks for winning 10 straight Big 12 Conference titles and being tied atop the conference once again with Iowa State.
The Jayhawks presented Obama with a Kansas jersey bearing his name prior to his speech at Anschutz Sports Pavilion. Kansas players took to Twitter to share their excitement in getting to meet Obama.
Man it was awesome meeting Obama this morning !! Real cool guy! Hope to be chillin with him again this spring after a National Championship!
— Landen A. Lucas (@LandenLucas33) January 22, 2015
It was an honor meeting President @BarackObama this morning and listening to him speak... He's the real #1 lol pic.twitter.com/jRtdCDAJQs
— Wayne Selden Jr. (@WayneSeldenJr) January 22, 2015
Just finished coolin' with Obama. 😁
— Brannen Greene (@b_greene14) January 22, 2015
One day before Obama's visit to campus, junior guard Evan Manning had some fun with his fellow students.
Walking around campus and randomly talking into my sleeve to pretend I'm in the Secret Service can be checked off my to do list
— Evan Manning (@evan_manning5) January 21, 2015
#POTUS has arrived. Introduced by single mom and student, Alyssa Cole. pic.twitter.com/ZI73RUydPc
— Bonyen Lee (@BonyenKCTV5) January 22, 2015
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