Poor Sister Jean.
The 105-year-old superfan and group chaplain of the Loyola Chicago males’s basketball program didn’t obtain fist bumps from a number of distracted gamers Wednesday night time in a clip that has gone viral.
Sister Jean sat in a wheelchair exterior the tunnel that presumably results in the locker room and prolonged her fist to rejoice the 76-54 house win over Japanese Michigan.
The quick clip reveals junior guard Kymany Houinsou extending his left hand to rejoice earlier than an unknown participant walks by with out greeting Sister Jean.
Junior guard Justin Moore and senior ahead Jalen DeLoach then each handed her with out extending their fists, however the pair gave the impression to be distracted. Each upperclassmen turned their heads to the correct towards the stands whereas exiting, seemingly not seeing Sister Jean whereas they handed her.
Naturally, seeing Sister Jean left hanging — seemingly unintentionally — didn’t sit nicely with some.
“Why’d they do Sister Jean like that? 💔,” the School Basketball Content material account on X tweeted.
Barstool Sports activities’ X account posted: “Sister Jean didn’t carry Loyola Chicago all the way to a Final Four just to be treated like this.”
Sister Jean rose to fame in 2018 whereas she cheered for Loyola Chicago throughout its underdog run to the Last 4 as an 11-seed earlier than shedding to Michigan within the Last 4.
Broadcasters revealed her backstory to the world whereas she attended the Ramblers’ video games, with the squad capturing the hearts of America throughout its upsets of Miami, Tennessee, Nevada and Kansas State en path to reaching its first Last 4 since successful the nationwide title in the course of the 1962-63 season.
Sister Jean first served as an educational advisor with the lads’s and ladies’s packages in 1994 earlier than turning into the lads’s group chaplain in 1994, per the college web site.
She entered the college’s Athletics Corridor of Fame in 2017.
“That evolved into a position as official team chaplain for the men’s basketball team, with her pre-game prayers and advice to players becoming a critical part of the team’s success,” reads the college web site’s profile of Sister Jean. ” Her position with the group has additionally earned her quite a few accolades, together with a much-deserved induction within the Loyola Athletics Corridor of Fame.
“But make no mistake, Sister Jean is more than just a fan—she knows her basketball as well as anyone on the court. Upon arriving at Loyola, Coach Porter Moser got a scouting report from Sister Jean on every one of his players.”
Sister Jean has had loads to cheer for this season with Loyola Chicago off to a 7-0 begin. The Ramblers ranked fifth within the Atlantic 10 preseason ballot.
