With their group up 2-0 on the Celtics, Knicks followers are fired up.
However after studying of the brand new pope’s Villanova ties, they imagine one thing particular is occurring.
Cardinal Robert Frances Prevost, a Chicago native who attended Villanova College, was voted in as the primary pope from the USA on Thursday, taking the title Pope Leo XIV.
The previous Wildcat’s choice set off a frenzy on social media with the Knicks — led by the Villanova trio of Jalen Brunson, Mikal Bridges and Josh Hart — two wins away from an enormous upset over Boston within the second spherical of the 2025 NBA playoffs.
“The new Pope is an American who went to Villanova?” @Thibadome wrote on X. “This really is the Knicks’ year.”
“New pope went to Villanova,” Andrew Schulz stated. “Knicks in 4.”
Some even scoured Pope Leo XIV’s X account, discovering posts from 2016 concerning the Wildcats’ NCAA title run.
“In 2016, Robert Prevost (now newly named POPE LEO XIV) reposted an article about Jalen Brunson, Josh Hart, Mikal Bridges (and Donte DiVincenzo) leading Villanova to a Championship,” @KnicksMemes wrote alongside a screenshot of a re-post from Pope Leo XIV. “Knicks have the blessing of the Holy Father.”
The 2 stunning wins in Boston have others floating the potential Divine Intervention.
“The new pope went to Villanova!” The Athletic’s Nicole Auerbach wrote on X. “This totally explains what’s happening with the Knicks.”
“‘May the Knicks win the NBA title and Villanova reign supreme amongst all colleges’” @CynicalNYK wrote with a photograph of the pope.
