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by bcadmin | Apr 2, 2022 | Catholic colleges, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, College basketball, NCAA, News | 0 |
In 2020, Saint Peter’s spent $7.2 million on all its sports programs compared to the University of Kentucky’s $138.3 million. The No. 15-seeded Peacocks upset Kentucky — a No. 2 seed — 85-79 to ignite their tournament run March 17.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 25, 2022 | Catholic colleges, Catholic News Service, Catholic Universities, Church in the US, College basketball, faith and sports, News | 0 |
Seventy-seven years ago, inside the same building, Loyola University New Orleans won its first National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics men’s basketball national championship.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 18, 2022 | Catholic colleges, Catholic News Service, Catholic Universities, Church in the US, College basketball, faith and sports, March Madness, NCAA, News, sports | 0 |
St. Peter gained the upper hand on St. Patrick’s Day when the underdog team of the small Jesuit school, Saint Peter’s University of Jersey City, New Jersey, upset the mighty University of Kentucky in the first round of the NCAA tournament.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 2, 2021 | Catholic News Service, Church in the US, College basketball, faith and sports, News, University of Notre Dame | 0 |
Much as she did in her 33 years as Notre Dame’s highly successful women’s basketball coach, Muffet McGraw still pays close attention to numbers that tell a story. But now her focus is on hunger stats.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 25, 2021 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, College basketball, faith and sports, Final Four, Loyola University of Chicago, News, sports | 0 |
By her own admission, “Sister Jean 101” could be the name of an introductory course taught at the Loyola University Chicago these days. The only problem? So many already know the story of Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, who at the ripe age of 101 is still proving to be a force to be reckoned in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 18, 2021 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, College basketball, Diocese of Peoria, faith and sports, March Madness, NCAA, News, sports | 0 |
The very first game of the NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament featured a seminarian just two months away from being ordained as a priest of the Diocese of Peoria.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 31, 2020 | Associated Press, Black Catholics, Catholic Church, Catholic Universities, Church in the US, College basketball, faith and sports, Georgetown University, NCAA, News, Obituary | 0 |
John Thompson, the imposing Hall of Famer who turned Georgetown into a “Hoya Paranoia” powerhouse and became the first Black coach to lead a team to the NCAA men’s basketball championship, has died. He was 78.
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