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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I remember this guy when he was at Kentucky.

Just ballin’ out.

Big guy with handles. Could shoot the 3. Create of the dribble.

Antoine Walker was one of those new-age players when he came out of Kentucky after helping the Wildcats when a national title under Rick Pitino in 1996.

Tall guy with guard-like skills. Not the physical specimen of say Derrick Coleman or Chris Webber, but that type of multi-dimensional player.

Now he’s in the D-League?

Just doesn’t seem right, but when you look at Walker’s life of winding up in debt after making more than $100 million playing in the NBA, him being in the D-League isn’t that far fetched.

In his D-League debut, Walker had 13 points to help the Idaho Stampede beat the Dakota Wizards.

Idaho. Dakota. Walker. Doesn’t even look right. Neither did the free throw Walker shot that didn’t draw iron below.

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