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Michigan basketball has a lot to overcome in Sister Jean, hoops-loving nun

Ray Allen and Sister Jean have something in common... they want to see Loyola-Chicago win the NCAA Tournament. USA TODAY Sports

Well, this just isn’t fair. After beating Montana, Houston, Texas A&M and Florida State, the Michigan Wolverines now have to defeat God.

OK, maybe not God, His or Herself. But one of God’s more dedicated servants. A nun. And not just a nun. A 98-year-old nun. And not just a 98-year-old nun, but a sweet, charismatic, not even 5-foot tall, 98-year-old nun named Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, who wears Nike sneakers with her name on the heels, who has been at Loyola University Chicago for more than 50 years, and who is the chaplain for its basketball team, the Ramblers, the biggest underdog story in years.