NEW ORLEANS — Kentucky has the Presidential Seal of Approval.

President Barack Obama has picked Kentucky to advance to the national championship game in his NCAA Tournament bracket. Obama has Kentucky losing to Kansas in Indianapolis in the season’s final game.

Big Blue fans won’t be pleased to hear the president has UK finishing second – not first – in the Big Dance, but the commander in chief does know a thing or two about college basketball. Although his track record is small, he’s 1-for-1 in picking the national champion as the president. Last year he correctly picked North Carolina to cut down the nets.

Earlier in the season, Obama called the Cats before the South Carolina game to thank them for their efforts in the “Hoops for Haiti” telethon. UK went on to lose its first game of the season later that night.

Should Kentucky meet Kansas in the national championship game, it woud pit John Calipari and Kansas coach Bill Self in the national title game for the second time in three years. Self’s Jayhawks came from behind in the 2008 championship to defeat Calipai’s Memphis team.Obama unveiled his bracket on ESPN SportsCenter. It’s the second year in a row the self-described basketball fan revealed his bracket on national television.