Consider it politically correct: Wisconsin's governor and lieutenant governor both have Wisconsin teams making deep runs on their NCAA tournament brackets.

In a video shared Thursday morning, Gov. Tony Evers and Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes unveiled their March Madness picks. As sports fans — and, really, just about everyone else — are aware, the first full day of the NCAA men's basketball tournament tipped off before noon.

Evers went with the Badgers to win the whole thing. Barnes, meanwhile, picked Marquette to make it all the way to the finals, only to lose to Kansas.

Evers, a University of Wisconsin-Madison grad, has Wisconsin topping the No. 1 overall seed Duke in the national championship game. The fifth-seeded Badgers start their quest for a title at 3:30 p.m. Friday against the Oregon Ducks.

"Ethan Happ clearly is a dominating player, but they can use that to get open shots. If they make those open shots they can win a lot of games," Evers says in the clip.

Evers picked Marquette to get bounced by Florida State in the second round. Barnes, who grew up in Milwaukee, has the Badgers making it to the Final Four but then also getting knocked off by the Jayhawks.

Marquette, also a No. 5 seed, takes on Murray State at about 3:30 p.m. Thursday.

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