Loyola Greyhounds

Loyola Greyhounds
University	Loyola University Maryland
Conference	Patriot League
NCAA	Division I
Athletic director	Jim Paquette
Location	Baltimore, Maryland
Varsity teams	17
Basketball arena	Reitz Arena
Nickname	Greyhounds
Colors	Green and Gray
Website	www.loyolagreyhounds.com

The Loyola Greyhounds are composed of 17 teams representing Loyola University Maryland in intercollegiate athletics, including men and women's basketball, cross country, lacrosse, rowing, soccer, swimming & diving, and tennis. Men's sports include golf. Women's sports include track and field and volleyball. The Greyhounds compete in the NCAA Division I and joined the Patriot League for all sports on July 1, 2013.

The university was previously a member of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) from 1989 to 2013. The exceptions were the school's lacrosse teams – the men in the ECAC Lacrosse League and the women in the Big East Conference. The transition to a new conference was announced on August 29, 2012.

Loyola's fight song, "Howl for the Hounds," was written by Andrew R. Grillo and Michael R. Sellitto and unveiled in November 2003.

Loyola's athletic program made the transition to NCAA Division I from Division II when it became a charter member of the ECAC-Metro Conference in 1981. The circuit's name was changed to the Northeast Conference on August 1, 1988.

The Greyhounds became members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference in the fall of 1989 where they were affiliated until the beginning of the 2013-2014 academic year. On July 1, 2013, Loyola transitioned to full membership in the Patriot League.

The Loyola men's basketball team has a long history and has been playing since the 1908-1909 season. In all that time, the team has appeared twice, 1994, 2012 in the NCAA tournament. The team plays its games in Reitz Arena and is coached by G.G. Smith. In 2012, as winners of the MAAC tournament, Loyola earned its second trip to the NCAA tournament.

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