WASHINGTON -- This is what you get for ever picking North Carolina, Mr. President. President Barack Obama on Thursday heaped praise on the Duke men's basketball team for winning the NCAA championship last month -- a Blue Devils squad that capped its run in one of the more exciting title games in recent memory, a 61-59 contest against upstart Butler that came down to the final shot. But standing in the Rose Garden on a sticky day, Obama was still taking heat for (correctly) picking North Carolina, Duke's rival, to win it all in 2009. Duke's coach, Mike Krzyzewski, bristled a bit at Obama at the time and said the president should sticking to fixing the economy. The two have since made up. "It was nothing personal," Obama joked on Thursday with the coach and team standing behind him. "Just trying to win some money." A smiling Krzyzewski returned the favor by giving Obama a framed copy of this year's winning bracket -- with Duke right in the center. (以下为场面话略过) -- 按: 明明冠军杯都没离开北卡州过 ..╮(﹋﹏﹌)╭.. --

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