BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: Another site we're watching right now, from the South Lawn of the White House, President Bush now greeting a number of college students, college athletes from four different areas, including the University of Maryland's men's basketball team. And we shall listen now to the president.</s>GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: ... welcome you all. I want to welcome the teams. Thanks for coming. Thank you, senators, for being here. I see Sen. Dodd, Dayton. Sen. Lieberman is on his way, I know that for a fact. I want to thank my friend, Johnny Rowland, the governor of Connecticut, here. You see, he told me, he said, "The Connecticut women's basketball team is pretty good this year." I said, "Oh, yes." He said, "They're real good." And said, "Well, how good?" He said, "They're going to go undefeated." I said, "Sure, Governor." Thanks for making me look bad, Johnny.</s>BUSH: OK. Fine.</s>HEMMER: The president, South Lawn of the White House, welcoming four different teams, men and women. The men's hockey team from the University of Minnesota, national champs. The women's hockey team University of Minnesota, Duluth. On the basketball side, University of Connecticut won it this past year on the men's side. And so too the University of Maryland. So all four teams, what a thrill must be for young men and women to be at the White House today.
President Talks to College Athletes