Barack Obama congratulates Loyola, Sister Jean on March Madness win

The first buzzer-beater of the NCAA Tournament happened early in the day on Thursday as Loyola defeated Miami. Former President took to Twitter to congratulate the team and a special friend.

In one of the first games on the opening day of the NCAA Tournament, fans got treated to what March Madness is all about. The No. 11 Loyola Ramblers were down by one point with the ball. Loyola was headed home until Donte Ingram got the ball in his hands. Then he delivered the first buzzer-beater of the tournament when his three gave the Ramblers the lead and the win.

This could be the highlight of their young careers. As fun as that is, they got a very special tweet from the former President of the United States, Barack Obama later in the night.

Obama posted his picks a few days ago and he did pick them before the game started. This isn’t a bandwagon style “pick” after the fact.

The reference in the tweet to Sister Jean is to the adorable elderly nun who is the longtime chaplain for the team. It’s surely no mistake Obama made sure he included his faith paid off in his tweet when he was talking about Sister Jean. She travels with them and typically has some advice for the players during the game as well. If fans missed her today, she will surely be shown again on Saturday and it really is a wonderful story.

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Anytime you can pull off the upset to keep dancing in March and you get a Tweet that the former President picked your team to move on, you’re having a pretty good day. Sure, the pick was likely made due to Loyola being in Chicago where the Obamas still have a home. At the end of the day, it doesn’t really matter why Obama made the pick. It’s a very cool footnote that the Ramblers will likely be telling their kids about years from now.