Tag: Loyola basketball

Loyola players not greeting Sister Jean on way to tunnel wasn’t nearly as bad as it looked

Don’t rush to judgment here!

A bummer of a video surfaced this week of a few Loyola men’s basketball players completely missing Sister Jean, the school’s beloved supporter and chaplain, as she extended a greeting as they headed for the tunnel.

Sister Jean gained national prominence during the 2018 men’s NCAA tournament when 11-seeded Loyola made the Final Four on an unforgettable Cinderella run.

Even at 105, she still makes it out to cheer for the Ramblers. However, this viral moment sparked lots of surprise, as it looked like Sister Jean was left in the cold as she tried to give the team some love after its Tuesday home win over Eastern Michigan.

If you really look hard, you can see in the brief snippet that one player does greet Sister Jean as they’re headed to the tunnel and the two who don’t greet her are distracted by something and seem to unintentionally miss her entirely.

Nobody likes seeing Sister Jean left hanging, but this really isn’t a big deal. We’re pretty confident in saying nobody on Loyola’s men’s basketball team was intentionally trying to ignore her. As you were.

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Sister Jean surprisingly picked a non-Chicago team to win the NCAA men’s national title

Now that’s a surprising pick from Sister Jean.

Sister Jean remains one of the most beloved figures of the college basketball world, and she’s made a fascinating pick for the NCAA men’s tournament this spring.

While promoting her new memoir Wake Up With Purpose!: What I’ve Learned in My First Hundred Years, the 103-year-old Loyola men’s basketball chaplin shared a lot of great insight about her life in an interview with Good Morning America. 

However, Sister Jean also predicted an unexpected team to win the title for men’s basketball this season. While she’s always a Ramblers fan deep down, she’s guessing that Kentucky will win March Madness. Now that’s a stunner.

While the Wildcats struggled to start the hoops season, the team has rebounded and is third in the SEC standings as of Monday night. Kentucky has won four-straight games and should get a decent seed in the bracket in March.

The team now has one of the sharpest minds in the sport picking them, too. That’s got to feel good for the folks in Lexington. Sister Jean is on your side.