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   On that day, Immaculata College, a tiny, Catholic women’s school located on a bucolic suburban campus just outside of Philadelphia, with an enrollment of just 550 and run by the Immaculate Heart of Mary (IHM) sisters, would win the first-ever women’s national college basketball championship.

2. www.catholicnewsagency.com › news › 23575Immaculate Heart sisters featured in basketball movie

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   Oct 19, 2011 · The Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary are featured in the upcoming movie “The Mighty Macs,” an inspirational true story about a small, women’s college basketball team that defies all...

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   Mar 24, 2022 · It did not in the spring of 1972, 50 years ago, when Immaculata initiated the modern era of women's college basketball by winning the first of its three consecutive national championships —...

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5. www.americamagazine.org › issue › 791Immaculata's Miracle: Tim Chambers's 'The Mighty Macs'

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   Oct 24, 2011 · This classic 1986 film is loosely based on the story of a tiny high school in rural Indiana whose basketball team transforms itself from a group of scrappy underdogs into state champions.

6. anunslife.org › blog › nun-talkThe Mighty Macs – movie review | A Nun's Life Ministry

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   Sep 7, 2011 · The movie is inspired by the true story of the coach, players, and sisters of Immaculata College. Against great odds, the small college won the U.S. national women’s basketball championship in 1972.

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   On Sunday, March 19, 1972, 11 remarkable young women and their coach from Immaculata College achieved the impossible, winning the first-ever national women’s college basketball championship, and against all odds, capturing the title again in 1973 and 1974.

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   What is the story behind Immaculata College Basketball?

   • The movie tells the story of the women’s basketball team at Immaculata College in the Philadelphia suburbs that won the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women basketball championship in 1972, the year that college women’s basketball converted to the full-court game played today. (CNS photo/The Maximus Group)

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   Did Immaculata College win the first National Basketball Championship?

   • On that day, Immaculata College, a tiny, Catholic women’s school located on a bucolic suburban campus just outside of Philadelphia, with an enrollment of just 550 and run by the Immaculate Heart of Mary (IHM) sisters, would win the first-ever women’s national college basketball championship.

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   Did Immaculata University have a women's basketball season?

   • The story of the 1972 Immaculata University’s women’s basketball season is embedded in the history of college sports. Immaculata University: The Birthplace of Modern College Women’s Basketball. Macs’ Memories By Randall S. Shantz (Originally published in 1997) Nothing about Immaculata College basketball was normal after Normal.

   Mighty Macs - Immaculata University

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   Who coached Immaculata basketball?

   • Randall S. Shantz covered Immaculata basketball for the Daily Local News in West Chester and, like the Macs, made friends everywhere the team went, particularly in Cleveland, Mississippi. Coach Cathy Rush was the head women’s basketball coach at Immaculata from 1970-1977. She led Immaculata to three consecutive AIAW national titles from 1972-1974.

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   What was the Immaculata basketball team called?

   • The Immaculata basketball team was dubbed the Mighty Macs. Forty years later, the Mighty Macs have gone Hollywood.

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   Does Immaculata have bleachers?

   • The gym even has bleachers now. It did not in the spring of 1972, 50 years ago, when Immaculata initiated the modern era of women's college basketball by winning the first of its three consecutive national championships — the first three official national championships in the sport.

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9. chrc-phila.org › the-immaculata-mighty-macsThe Immaculata Mighty Macs – Catholic Historical Research ...

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   Mar 15, 2012 · Forty years ago this month, the women's basketball team of Immaculata College, as it was known then, won the first women’s national basketball championship and won it again in 1973 and 1974. This team from a small, Catholic women’s college outside Philadelphia garnered national recognition for women’s basketball and women’s collegiate ...