'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 theseason, including heartfelt personalnarratives to tell the story of
the championship and legacy of a team that ledLoyola to national prominence'--
