President Barack Obama made a tradition out of filling out an NCAA Tournament bracket on-camera with ESPN, but Donald Trump won't be carrying on the ritual.

In a statement via The Washington Post, an ESPN spokesman said: “We expressed our interest to the White House in continuing the presidential bracket. They have respectfully declined.”

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“We look forward to working with ESPN on another opportunity in the near future," White House spokeswoman Hope Hicks told the Post.

An avid basketball fan, Obama annually filled out his NCAA basketball tournament picks on ESPN throughout his two terms in the White House.

The annual segment drew complaints from conservatives such as Curt Schilling that a politically "liberal" ESPN was too close to Obama.