Sister Jean has tested negative for coronovirus more than 30 times to punch his ticket to Indianapolis.
But on Tuesday she tested positive to be Savage.
The 101-year-old superfan of Loyola and the team’s pastor, who made it to the waves a few years ago, is, well, a very senior Loyola superfan and team pastor, making his way to Indianapolis, the site of March Madness this year.
Sister Jean (full name Jean Delors Schmidt) spoke with members of the media and gave a knockout blow to John Calipari and Kentucky basketball.
“I filled my bracket,” Sister Jean Said on tuesday. “I can change it before I go down. I don’t see Kentucky in some place.”
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Kentucky missed the tournament for the first time since 2013, and it was their lowest win as a program since the 1926–27 season, when they won just three games. Sister Jean was 7 years old.
Loyola Ramblers made a miraculous run in the final four with Sister Jeanne Courtside (first miracle) in 2019, eventually losing to Michigan. Now, he has had a few more years to see the NCAA tournament once again after a 24–4 season (second miracle). The 2020 NCAA tournament was canceled due to a coronavirus pandemic.
Another miracle for canonization.
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