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Joe Biden hosts NCAA basketball champions at White House (12 images)

By Wade Sheridan

President Joe Biden welcomes the University of South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team and the University of Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team to the White House in Washington on Tuesday to celebrate their 2024 NCAA national championships. Biden was given a custom jersey by both teams.



President Joe Biden, with head coach Dawn Staley (L), delivers remarks during a ceremony to celebrate the University of South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team's 2024 NCAA national championship season, in the East Room of the White House in Washington on September 10, 2024. Photo by Shawn Thew/UPI
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Biden is presented a jersey with the number 46, for the 46th president of the United States, by players Te-Hina Paopao (C) and Bree Hall (L). Photo by Shawn Thew/UPI
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Biden, with Staley, delivers remarks. Photo by Shawn Thew/UPI
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Staley applauds during Biden's speech. Photo by Shawn Thew/UPI
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