ATLANTA — Almost like a vision from Heaven, Sister Jean Dolores-Schmidt appeared through the tunnel at Philips Arena to take her familiar place along side the Loyola Chicago bench. The next assignment for Sister Jean, in a wheelchair from a fall in November, will be scouting Kansas State, which surprised Kentucky in the night’s second regional semifinal. “One of the things Custer said to me as he came off the court was, “Sister Jean, we broke your bracket.’“I said, ‘I don’t care how far you break my bracket. Townes’s clutch basket came with one second left on the shot clock and right in front of the Ramblers’ jubilant bench. “This is really my first NCAA appearance at a real game,” Sister Jean said.

Source: Washington Post March 23, 2018 03:23 UTC