Fight, Grin & Squarely Play the Game: The 1945 Loyola New Orleans Basketball Championship & Legacy

"In 1945, the Loyola New Orleans Wolf Pack became the first basketball team to earn a national championship. The Cinderella season was chronicled in the Times Picayune, the student newspaper The Maroon and letters from students and alums fighting overseas. The 1run to the championship was an amazing boon to thecommunity during trying times. The group of boyhood friends and rivals beat outprevious national champions and exhausted opponents. Take a courtside seat asjournalist Ramon A. Vargas chronicles the season, including heartfelt personalnarratives to tell the story of the championship and legacy of a team that ledLoyola to national prominence"--