College basketball Archives

Poor Clare marks silver jubilee; she traded in hoops for life of prayer

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Jul 13, 2019

Poor Clare Sister Rose Marie of the Queen of Angels started off as a basketball star.

Kentucky priest, team chaplain accused of sex abuse

Associated Press, Church in the US
Mar 3, 2019

A Catholic priest who was often seen on the bench alongside Rick Pitino’s Kentucky and Louisville basketball teams has been suspended on allegations he sexually abused a minor in the 1980s.

Sister Jean wins 2018 Illinois Senior Hall of Fame award

Associated Press, Church in the US
Oct 13, 2018

Officials gathered to present Catholic nun and celebrated Loyola-Chicago basketball chaplain Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt with Illinois’ 2018 Senior Hall of Fame award.

Villanova, Loyola Catholic chaplains taking center court at Final Four

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Mar 30, 2018

Father Rob Hagan has been Villanova’s basketball chaplain since 2004 and will join the Wildcats in their third Final Four since 2009. He has seen the program become one of college basketball’s elite, which includes a national title in 2016.

Life
Apr 6, 2015

The Final Four weekend provided a number of great games, as the best of the best hoped to move one step closer to becoming national champions. Just as in the Saints Madness event at Crux, where saint superstars St. Peter and St. Francis squared off in the final, a number

Life
Mar 30, 2015

The Final Four of the NCAA tournament is now set, and in spite of valiant efforts on the part of the remaining Catholic schools, all were eliminated from the tournament over the weekend. After Xavier’s loss in the round of 16, two Catholic schools remained in the Elite 8. Notre