Obama (reportedly) wins pick-up game

by Christi Parsons

He may suffer in other reviews of his first 100 days in office, but one analysis finds that President Obama has at least got game.

That assessment came from the star point guard of the University of Connecticut women's basketball team who shot hoops with the president this afternoon. (Photo by Gerald Herbert / Associated Press.)

The president met with the Huskies women's team at the South Portico of the White House, where he congratulated them on their NCAA championship and thanked them for being role models for young women -- especially tall ones, like his daughters.

"As a father," he told them, "I want to thank all of you."

Then Obama invited the team to walk down the drive to his basketball court -- he in his blue suit and tie and most of them in sundresses and sandals.

Out of sight of reporters covering the event, the president reportedly took a few shots and possibly even played a game of some kind. After ten or fifteen minutes of occasional cheering, the president went back to work and the players headed back to the portico.

Who won? Point guard Renee Montgomery offered the only report.

"He did!" she said. "The president can shoot!"

No word on whether the president will fill out brackets for the women's tournament next year, but he did promise to wear the team jersey they gave him -- it has the numeral one on the back -- when he plays.

"Number One," he said. "That's what I'm talking about."