Tar Heels' Basketball Coach Roy Williams with the president

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President Barack Obama got the Number One UNC basketball jersey but what he really wanted from the Tar Heels, he said, was a jump shot.

The president welcomed the NCAA champion Tar Heels to the South Lawn of the White House today, reports James Rosen of McClatchy Newspapers.

Obama, a fervent basketball fan who grew up playing hoops in Hawaii, told his visitors they'd all done pretty well since he famously scrimmaged with them during a North Carolina campaign stop in April 2008.

"I'm not sure whose luck rubbed off on who - there was some good vibe there - because they're now the national champions and I'm now the president," Obama said.

Obama thanked the Tar Heels, who waltzed through the NCAA Tournament this year, "for salvaging my bracket and vindicating me."

Obama filled out his March Madness brackets on live TV, picking UNC to win it all.

When presented with the Tar Heel jersey, Obama crowed, "That's what I'm talking about!"

Eric Montross, left, Montross' son Andrew and Gov. Mike Easley at halftime during the UNC-Virginia Tech basketball game Saturday. (Courtesy of governor's office)

Gov. Mike Easley was called out at the UNC-Virginia Tech basketball game Saturday for not turning it blue.

A camera zoomed in on him, and a message on the arena screen demanded, "Put your shirt on."

Everyone at the game was given a Carolina blue t-shirt and most people in attendance were wearing it.

Easley was not, though, until he saw his face on the big screen. He quickly put on the argyle-patterned t-shirt and flashed a smile to the camera.

Seth Effron, a spokesman for Easley, defended the governor, saying he did not have enough time to put on the shirt before cameras took aim.

Others at the game were also put in the hot seat, and all but two of them threw on the shirt.