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Yeshiva University Maccabees

Members of the Yeshiva University Maccabees huddle during their Sweet 16 game against Emory University, March 13, 2026, in Atlanta. (Screenshot from MacsLive video on X)
March 14, 2026, 4:26 am
Yeshiva knocked out in Sweet 16, as Zevi Samet scores 43 in his last game with Maccabees
YU coach predicts future success for team despite graduation of several top players, including Samet, who says highlight of his time at school was the ‘awesome friendships’ he made
By PHILISSA CRAMER
Zevi Samet is a star of the Yeshiva University Maccabees men's basketball team. (Kodiak Creative/Jimmy Naprstek)
March 13, 2026, 1:33 pm
Yeshiva University fans gear up for Sweet Sixteen run — and a Shabbat in Atlanta
With YU’s men’s basketball team set to play in Division III March Madness regional semifinals for first time ever, fans flood to see them, challenging Emory’s home court advantage
By Joseph Strauss
Head coach Elliot Steinmetz talks to the Yeshiva University Maccabees in the locker room after they beat US Merchant Marine Academy, 75-57, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)
July 11, 2024, 5:47 am
Mayim Bialik producing movie on Yeshiva U’s basketball win streak
New film will focus on US college team’s coach when it won 50 straight games from 2019 to 2021; screenwriter: Coach ‘shares my determination to prove Jews can be whatever we want’
By jacob gurvis
Yeshiva University's Stern College for Women, on 34th and Lexington. The all-male campus counterpart is in Morningside Heights. (Julia Gergely/JTA)
March 30, 2022, 12:00 am
Rape allegation at Yeshiva University stirs reforms — and skepticism
After a student anonymously spoke out about being raped by a YU basketball player, the school changed the way it handles campus sexual assault. But do old attitudes still prevail?
By julia GERGELY
Ryan Turell, a 6-foot-7 guard who has entered the NBA draft, hopes to become the league’s first Orthodox player. (Joe Bednarsh and Adena Stevens/ via JTA)
March 27, 2022, 1:52 am
Scouts say Ryan Turell could be the NBA’s first Orthodox Jew — but it’s a long shot
The 22-year-old LA native helped Yeshiva University to a 50-game winning streak and was named Division III player of the year, but needs to be tested against Division I talent
By Rob Charry
Yeshiva guard Ryan Turell (11) shoots over Worcester Polytechnic Institute forward Jake Wisniewski (4) during the second half of an NCAA DIII college basketball game that allowed no spectators on March 6, 2020, in Baltimore, Maryland. (AP Photo/Terrance Williams)
March 16, 2022, 7:24 am
Entering draft, Yeshiva U basketballer looks to become first Orthodox Jew in NBA
Ryan Turell, who led the NCAA in scoring this season and helped lead the Jewish school to a No. 1 DIII ranking, tells ESPN he wants to go pro, will keep wearing kippa on hardwood
By jacob gurvis
Yeshiva University's Ryan Turell (11) dribbles the ball down court while being defended by Johns Hopkins University's Carson James (21) and Lincoln Yeutter (25) in the first round of the NCAA's Division III basketball tournament, in Galloway Township, New Jersey, March 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)
March 10, 2022, 7:32 pm
‘It’s about Jewish pride’: Yeshiva University basketball team ends unforgettable era
Past 4 seasons see Orthodox Jewish school go on 50-game streak, pick up No. 1 Division III ranking for 1st time, win 3 Skyline Conference champs and play in Division III tournament
By LUIS ANDRES HENAO and JESSIE WARDARSKI
Players on Yeshiva University's basketball team are seen at the end of the game against Illinois Wesleyan University on December 30, 2021. The Maccabees lost, ending the team's 50-game winning streak. (Screen capture: YouTube)
December 31, 2021, 6:27 pm
Yeshiva U’s basketball team loses at home, snapping 50-game win streak
Weeks after reaching top rank in NCAA’s Division III, the Maccabees fall to Illinois Wesleyan University in first loss since November 2019
By PHILISSA CRAMER
Ofek Reef regularly scores in double-figures for the Yeshiva University men’s basketball team, currently enjoying the longest streak in men’s college basketball. (Courtesy YU/ via JTA)
December 26, 2021, 12:46 am
Incredulous Yeshiva U fans watch their basketball team continue a 50-win streak
The once little-known NCAA Division III team in a US school perhaps best known for its rabbinic program has gone from nearly empty stands to packed home games and ESPN plaudits
By Ben Sales
Ryan Turell plays in a game for the Yeshiva University Maccabees. (Courtesy of Yeshiva University via JTA)
December 1, 2021, 9:35 am
Undefeated in 44 games, Yeshiva U’s basketball team tops poll in NCAA’s Division III
Just in time for Hanukkah, survey by D3Hoops places YU Maccabees at head of top team list; guard Ryan Turell breaks record for most points in a game with 51 baskets
By Ben Sales
Coach Elliot Steinmetz instructs his Yeshiva University men's basketball team during its historic 2019-20 season. (YU Athletics)
March 3, 2021, 10:15 pm
Yeshiva University men’s basketball team on 35-game winning streak
Maccabees’ series of victories is third longest in NCAA Division III basketball history; team hasn’t lost a game since last season’s opener
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
All-American first teamer Ryan Turell plays in a game for the Yeshiva University Maccabees. (Courtesy of Yeshiva University)
March 26, 2020, 5:57 pm
More firsts for Yeshiva U men’s basketball
History-making Maccabees hoops team wins 2 all-Americans and national coach of the year
By Marc Brodsky
Yeshiva forward Michael Bixon hugs forward Daniel Katz, back to camera, after the team's 102-83 win over Penn State-Harrisburg in the second round of the NCAA men's Division III college basketball tournament, March 7, 2020, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)
March 8, 2020, 8:54 am
Yeshiva University basketball team reaches first Sweet 16
Maccabees down Penn State Harrisburg 102-83 in game played without fans due to coronavirus fears
By LUIS ANDRES HENAO
Yeshiva forward Gabriel Leifer (4) and Worcester Polytechnic Institute guard John Wessel (25) battle for rebound during the first half in a first-round game at the men's Division III NCAA college basketball tournament at Johns Hopkins University's Goldfarb Gymnasium, March 6, 2020, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Terrance Williams)
March 6, 2020, 11:42 pm
In first, Yeshiva University men’s basketball team wins NCAA tournament game
Maccabees rout Worcester Polytechnic 102-78 in opening round of Division III competition, will play winner of Johns Hopkins-Penn State Harrisburg
By Ben Harris
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