Loyola-Chicago’s magical run in the NCAA tournament ended at Michigan’s hands on Saturday. After the Wolverines beat the Ramblers in a national semifinal, UM guard Jordan Poole did something nice. He stopped to shake hands with Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, the 98-year-old Loyola team chaplain who became a media darling this March:
A Michigan player found Sister Jean for a postgame handshake at the Final Four
It’s a nice gesture by Jordan Poole.
Poole said “good job” to Sister Jean, it sounds like, after catching up with her in a hallway in the bowels of the Alamodome. She thanked him, and both got on their way.
Poole had said before the Final Four that, no, Michigan wasn’t afraid of Sister Jean:
Sister Jean also spent time after the game consoling Loyola players:
Sister Jean will go down as one of the most lasting memories of this tournament. It’s a bit sad that she won’t get to celebrate a national championship with the Ramblers, but it’s fitting that her March Madness would end on a heartwarming note like this one.
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