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And I got to know him, uh, over the years.

And then when I moved back, when I came back here, when I retired actually, and then went to work for LSU, I used to go to Loyola and watch him practice and try to help him there in any way I could.

And, and, uh, certainly on a part-time basis, but he's an outstanding coach.

But for anybody to make progress in this business, you've got to have good players.

Yeah.

Okay.

Dennis being an assistant coach at LSU, back to New Orleans to be at Loyola.

To me, that was another dream job, Jesuit educated.

his third year, and watched his two years very closely.

I actually watched his career very closely after I left Loyola and was so excited to be with him in Kansas City in 2022 when they captured the national championship.

And his career led him.

Only the

second time in Loyola history, going back to what, 1945? 1945, yeah.

And so to see him land back in the city where he was a camper many days ago as a young boy was very special to me.

Actually, I was with Coach Brady and Coach Floyd those times when Stacy was going to camp back then.

They know that this is a different era.

And all of New Orleans.

We are live on stage at Roussel Hall in Loyola University, hosted by our wonderful friends at Garden District Bookshop.

And our very, very special guest is an author that we are wildly fans of, the first name who came to our lips when we were asked which author should write the introduction to the 50th anniversary of Interview with the Vampire, number one New York Times bestselling author, Miss Leigh Bardugo herself.

The best.

It's certainly a process to kind of build your team.

It took us eight years to win a national championship at Loyola.

And, you know, just love to be in the mix here, make the national tournament, and put some teams on the floor that the city can be proud of.

Well, I'll tell you what, you're not shying away from competition when you look at, again, your out-of-conference schedule.

And we're looking forward to the opportunity.

Well, again, you're tipping off against LSU on Tuesday.

You get a chance to be able to go visit, again, the place where you won a national championship with, again, Loyola on November the 7th.

Again, you've got to feel pretty good about getting those two games starting off, again, from that standpoint, going up to Baton Rouge to be able to play, obviously, in the PMAC there, but also getting a chance to play against, again, a university, obviously, that you love and also we were able to deliver a championship for.

So we're looking forward to that coverage.

Also, I just want to remind folks that the new look LSU New Orleans privateers take on the Loyola University Wolf Pack Saturday, November 7th at Lakefront Arena.

And WWL wants to send you to the game.

So right now you can go to www.com slash contest and enter for your chance to win a four-pack or of tickets to see the privateers take on Loyola.

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Leigh Bardugo, who's an amazing dark fantasy author today, wrote an introduction which really kind of anchors the book as a classic in her view and the view of many of us.

We're actually going to be at Loyola University with her on Halloween day itself, doing a book event with her with Garden District Books.

The pages themselves, I think, show you that where you begin in the creative process is not necessarily where you end.

They're not dramatically different, but you can see the first line of the book, which many people now regard as iconic, I see, said the vampire thoughtfully, was not the first line of the original manuscript.

50th anniversary interview with the vampire.

You'll have a great weekend coming up.

You're going to be at Loyola University for the book.

And you've got a ball that has sold out that has become one of the most iconic events in New Orleans.