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My Losing Season

Media type	Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages	416 pp (hardback edition)
ISBN	0-385-48912-9
Preceded by	The Pat Conroy Cookbook: Recipes of My Life
Followed by	South of Broad

My Losing Season is a memoir by Pat Conroy. It primarily deals with his senior season as the starting point guard on the basketball team of The Citadel in 1966–67. Conroy describes his tumultuous relationship with his coach, Mel Thompson, as well as the harsh, malevolent, male-dominated society of The Citadel. Pat Conroy tells the story using flashbacks going back to his rough childhood where he remembers growing up with a tough father. He describes one memory when his mother tried to stab his father with a butcher knife and his father backhanded her and started laughing. The book also deals with the team's experience of losing. In his final season, his team finished with an 8–17 record.^[1]^[2]^[3]

References

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^ Alan Barra (January 15, 2003). ""My Losing Season" by Pat Conroy". Salon.com. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
^ "My Losing Season". Kirkus Reviews. May 20, 2010. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
^ Jonathan Miles (October 27, 2002). "Winning Isn't Everything". New York Times. Retrieved March 5, 2016.

v t e Works of Pat Conroy
Novels	The Great Santini (1976) The Lords of Discipline (1980) The Prince of Tides (1986) Beach Music (1995) South of Broad (2009)
Memoirs	The Boo (1970) The Water Is Wide (1972) My Losing Season (2002) The Pat Conroy Cookbook: Recipes of My Life (2004) The Death of Santini (2013)
Adaptations	Conrack (1974) The Great Santini (1979) The Lords of Discipline (1983) The Prince of Tides (1991) The Water Is Wide (2006)

v t e The Citadel Bulldogs basketball
Venues	Thompson Hall (1938–1939) The Citadel Armory / McAlister Field House (1939–1988) Deas Hall (1988–1989) McAlister Field House (1989–present)
Culture & lore	My Losing Season All-Military Classic
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1900–01 1901–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

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