COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) – Nothing unusual about players’ family members showing up in the crowd for NCAA Tournament games, of course.
In the case of Princeton freshman forward Leslie Robinson, that could include Aunt Michelle – as in, First Lady Michelle Obama.
Obama’s brother, Craig, is Robinson’s father; he played basketball at Princeton and used to be the men’s coach at Oregon State. Obama went to Princeton, too.
So President Barack Obama showed a bit of favoritism when predicting Princeton, which is 30-0 but only a No. 8 seed, would make it to the women’s Final Four this year.
Robinson wouldn’t shed any inside info Friday on whether the First Family – including the Obamas’ daughters Sasha and Malia – might be in the stands Saturday for Princeton’s first-round game against Wisconsin-Green Bay in College Park, Maryland.