Villanova later produced Knicks stars Jalen Brunson, Mikal Bridges and Josh Hart, who rose to fame on the hardwood decades after the pope’s time on campus. “Real cool,” Brunson told reporters on Friday. “I’m just happy that we’re getting ...

Jalen Brunson donned that superhero cape yet again, and his latest second-half explosion spearheaded another frenzied comeback to vault the Knicks within one win of the Eastern Conference finals.

Jalen Brunson and Pope Leo XIV are both Chicago kids who attended Villanova, so it only makes sense that the new Pope watches the Knicks. Former Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost attended Villanova and, according to reporting from The Athletic, watches the Villanova Knicks as well as his alma mater’s hoops team.

As they continue to have huge wins in the NBA postseason, a few players on the New York Knicks can reflect on their own postseason NCAA experience.

Some Knicks fans think the fact that Pope Leo is a Villanova alum — like the team’s stars Jalen Brunson, Josh Hart and Mikal Bridges — is divine intervention that will lead them

Although Jalen Brunson gave a message to the New York Knicks following their Game 4 win against the Boston Celtics, he forgot to mention making history. Brunson broke Kobe Bryant 's record for the most fourth-quarter points through ten games in the playoffs.

Brunson is destroying a long-standing assumption about small guards as he has the Knicks on the verge of the Eastern Conference Finals.

The Boston Celtics might have done a great job containing Jalen Brunson early in the Eastern Conference Finals. But they are aware of the threat the All-Star guard poses. The New York Knicks managed to take a 2-0 lead even though Brunson struggled to get buckets more than usual.