All of President Barack Obama's 2011 Final Four picks are done.

I only have one Final Four team left in my bracket – the Connecticut Huskies.

But hey, that’s one more than President Barack Obama has. He picked all the No. 1 seeds and the final one, Kansas, fell Sunday against Virginia Commonwealth in the regional final.

My other Final Four picks – Florida, Ohio State and Louisville – fell by the wayside, but at least two of them lost to teams that made it to the Final Four.

Butler upset the Gators in the regional final while Kentucky stunned the Buckeyes, who were the overall No. 1 seed in the tournament, in the regional semifinals.

As for the Cardinals, never again Rick Pitino. Never again. Losing to Morehead State right off the bat?

Come on, man.

So we got Connecticut, a third seed, and Kentucky, a fourth seed facing each other to take on the Butler-VCU winner.

Butler is an eighth seed, while VCU is an 11th seed who had to play in the play-in game to get into the field of 64.

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Center Greg Monroe will lead Georgetown to championship glory this season.

Just filled out my bracket. It’s so much fun, you just want to enjoy every pick.

As most people who follow my work know, I’m a risk taker on these things. Why do it and play conversative?

Might as well pick some first-round upsets. So here are mine for this year’s NCAA Tournament. (seedings in brackets)

Midwest: (13) San Diego State over (6) Tennessee. Don’t trust the Vols.(10) Georgia Tech over (7) Oklahoma State.

West: (12) UTEP over (5) Butler. Just like UTEP’s style. (10) Florida over (7) BYU.

East: (10) Missouri over (7) Clemson. Definitely don’t trust Clemson. Maybe it’s the orange.

South: None here unless you count (9) Louisville beating (8) California.

My bracket gets even crazier after that, but at the end, these are my Final Four picks.

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Evan Turner lead Ohio State to the 2010 Big Ten Tournament title last week.

 I like that guy Evan Turner. 

Yep. That guy who hit that 37-footer to beat Michigan in the Big Ten Tournamet Ohio State eventually won last week. The Chicago native is fun to watch and can flat out ball. 

Erie BayHawks forward Ivan Harris agrees. 

The Ohio State graduate and I talk about him all the time before practice. There was a time people were debating if Turner was even the best player in the Big Ten after he came back from injuring his back. 

Now he’s considered one of the best players in the country. 

“He is the best player,” said Harris about Turner, who is averaging 20.3 points, 9.2 rebounds and 5.9 assists this season. “There’s no debate about that. Six-foot-seven. Playing point. He’s got an overall game. I just feel like he’s the man right now.” 

OK. Ivan. I agree. 

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