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College BasketballNCAA Tournament 2018Sister Jean

Sister Jean leads Loyola Chicago in prayer ahead of Sweet 16

March 22, 2018 by Larry Brown • Comments
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Sister Jean

Sister Jean has become one of the most popular figures during this year’s NCAA Tournament. The team chaplain for Loyola Chicago, Sister Jean was in Atlanta for her school’s Sweet 16 game against Nevada on Thursday.

Here she is in action leading Loyola Chicago in a pregame prayer:

Sister Jean gets an amen… pic.twitter.com/AATkJSjP6a

— Andy Staples (@Andy_Staples) March 22, 2018

The 98-year-old got a hearty “amen” from the team’s players. Sister Jean actually picked the team to lose in this round, but clearly she is hoping they will beat Nevada and prove her wrong.

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