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President Barack Obama stepped out of the White House on a snowy Saturday to watch two, top-rated college basketball teams face off on the court.
As snow piled up in the nation's capital, Obama earlier met with former president George Bush (1989-1993) and his son Jeb, a former Florida governor.
"Good meeting, good meeting," was all the elder Bush told reporters after his 30-minute stay at the White House.
Obama gave no hint of which team earned his support during the game between Duke University and Georgetown University men's basketball teams. Georgetown, which ranks seventh place nationwide just ahead of Duk, won 89-77.
Sitting in a cushioned folding chair close to the basketball court at Washington's Verizon Center, the president worked hard at keeping a dispassionate composure as shirtless students smeared with gray and blue body paint and blue wigs screamed at the top of their lungs.
Vice President Joe Biden, Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, Deputy Chief of Staff Mona Sutphen, senior adviser David Axelrod, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs and personal assistant Reggie Love -- a former Duke player -- joined Obama. Gibbs and Emanuel brought their sons.
As both teams huddled during a break in the contest, Obama smiled and laughed with a referee who gestured the president might want to take a shot for the basket.
After half-time, he sat with CBS commentators to talk about the game.
Despite being an avid basketball fan and player, Obama lamented that being a president and all, he "can't watch a full game, unfortunately." But he said he watches all the games during playoffs.
Asked about the contest between Georgetown and Duke, Obama said he was impressed by the Georgetown guards, although they got "a little sloppy" in the second half and the Duke team was "picking up its 'D.'"
The commentary leaned a little into the political realm, when the professional announcers lauded Obama for his analysis of a player who "didn't get any spinback," saying the president could have a career in announcing if things don't work out.
They then dialed back and said that of course, Obama has a job that will for as long as he wants.
"You have either three more years or seven," Obama said jokingly, hinting he could choose not to pursue a second term.
"You are obviously a left hander," one announcer told the president. "Any problem going to the right?"
To which Obama quickly responded that he has no problem going to his right, having met with Republican lawmakers in Baltimore, Maryland on Friday for a nationally televised back-and-forth and at times testy exchange.
But he said he certainly was stronger to his left.
It was Obama's second college basketball season since he took office a year ago. He watched the George Washington-Oregon State game in Washington in November with his family, where they rooted for Oregon's team.
