An NC State player directed some pretty sour words at President Obama after the eighth-seeded Wolfpack advanced to the Sweet 16 with a win over the No . 1 Villanova Wildcats on Saturday night . NC State 's Anthony 'Cat ' Barber appeared to curse at the president while addressing his teammates in the locker room following the squad 's unexpected 71-68 victory . President Obama had picked Villanova to defeat NC State and advance all the way to the NCAA title game before ultimately falling to undefeated Kentucky . Scroll down for video . After NC State 's big win , Anthony 'Cat ' Barber ( pictured center , No . 12 ) directed a curse at President Obama . The 20-year-old guard ( right ) had 13 points , three rebounds and three assists in the 71-68 victory on Saturday . NC State 's win over No . 1 seed Villanova busted Obama 's bracket as he had the Wildcats going to the final . While the team was huddled up in the locker room after the win , Barber questioned why President Obama picked against the Wolfpack . He appeared to say : 'What the f**k [ is ] wrong with Barack Obama ? ' Obama did have the NC State-Villanova matchup correct on his bracket . It does n't really matter , because the Wolfpack are back in the Sweet 16 . Forward BeeJay Anya said : 'We came out today with the feeling that everybody expected us to lose to a one seed . 'But we believe in ourselves and that we 're good enough to beat anybody in the country and we went down and did it . ' Villanova saw its 16-game winning streak end and the team has not reached the second weekend since 2009 . It was a huge win for the eighth-seeded Wolfpack and they will move on to the Sweet 16 in Syracuse , New York . President Obama has been releasing his bracket for seven straight years . He has only selected the correct tournament winner once . The POTUS predicted the North Carolina Tar Heels would win the NCAA title in 2009 and they delivered . If Kentucky wins it all this year , it will be the second time President Obama picked the big winner of the Big Dance correctly . President Obama has only selected the correct tournament winner once in six previous public attempts . After Saturday 's win , Barber and backcourt mate Desmond Lee shared a long embrace as their teammates danced around the court in celebration . He turned to Lee , pounded his chest and yelled : 'All heart ! ' The 20-year-old guard had 13 points , three rebounds and three assists in the win . Barber got the nickname 'Cat ' when he was a child after his sister Pam noticed his quick moves , according to MaxPreps . The Wolfpack ( 22-13 ) have designs on their own big March run and will move on to Syracuse , New York to play the winner of the Louisville-Northern Iowa game . Trevor Lacey led them with 17 points and Abdul-Malik Abu had 13 points , 12 rebounds and absolutely destroyed the Wildcats inside . Coach Mark Gottfried said 'We respect Villanova , but we 've seen good teams . 'We 've seen a lot of them in our conference . 'You see them about every night . So a league like that prepares you for games like tonight . ' NC State has wins over Duke , North Carolina and Louisville in ACC play . Villanova lost after storming their way to pair of Big East titles and a 41-point victory in the NCAA Tournament . Villanova ( 33-3 ) saw a 16-game winning streak end and the team has not reached the second weekend since 2009 . The Wildcats come up empty after storming their way to pair of Big East titles and a 41-point victory in the NCAA Tournament opener . Coach Jay Wright said : ' I know we have to answer to the fact that we did not get to the second weekend again . 'We have to own that . 'But it 's not going to define us within our program . 'It 's going to define us outside of our program and we accept that . '
Wolfpack busted president 's bracket with win over Wildcats on Saturday . Obama had picked NCAA to advance to the Villanova title game and lose . After win , Anthony 'Cat ' Barber directed a curse at President Obama . 20-year-old guard had 13 points , three rebounds and three assists in win . President only correctly picked the tournament winner once before in 2009 .