A day after unveiling his picks for the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament, President Barack Obama did the same for the women's board.

But his picks came with a significant caveat: the POTUS has a "rooting interest." Though upsets are typically harder to come by in the women's tournament, Obama chose eight-seed Princeton to beat one-seed Maryland and five-seed Mississippi State en route to a Final Four berth.

Addressing the Spokane region's top team, Obama said he was "completely biased" in picking Princeton, his wife Michelle's alma mater. But Obama's niece, Leslie Robinson also plays for the Tigers.

Breaking down his choices with ESPN W's Rebecca Lobo, Obama provided the nation with a scouting report on his niece.

"Leslie is a great all around player. She is a freshman, so she is still just getting used to the college game," he said. "She's had a great experience, loves the coach, loves her teammates."

Robinson is a six-foot forward who averaged 22 points as a senior in high school, where she also proved herself as a sharp shooter from inside and beyond the three-point arc. With the vast majority of female basketball players playing out all four years of NCAA eligibility, Robinson has been designated a bench player.

"This may show a little bias, but what the heck," Obama said. "I'm the President I can do that."

Still, he chose Princeton to lose to UConn, the team chose to beat Notre Dame for the national title.

A noted basketball fan, Obama plays himself. So Lobo asked what Robinson would have to say bout her uncle's game.

"It's broke, " the President joked. "One out of four games I'm on and you have to get up on me a little bit, but the rest of the time it's painful to watch."