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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 run to the championship was an amazing b...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Vargas, Ramon Antonio
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Charleston, S.C. : History Press, 2013.
Series:	Suen, Anastasia. Sports history.
Subjects:	Loyola University (New Orleans, La.) > Basketball > History. Basketball > Tournaments > Louisiana > New Orleans > History. SPORTS & RECREATION > Basketball.

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