DALLAS — The 98-year-old nun wore a maroon-and-gold scarf, and she wanted to discuss Loyola-Chicago coach Porter Moser’s late-game timeout strategy. Sister Jean Dolores-Schmidt was especially thankful Thursday that Moser had saved a timeout so he could calm his team down in the moment that followed the answered prayer.
What the Ramblers’ chief spiritual advisor didn’t know was that the last timeout almost got spent a few seconds earlier. Moser had told his players that if they grabbed a rebound following a missed free throw, they should call timeout to regroup if the bodies piled up in the lane.