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3 of the 4 top NCAA basketball teams are coached by Jews. Here's our theory why

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JL;DR SUMMARY Menschwarmers explores the Jewish connections in the NCAA men's basketball tournament, noting that three of the four top seeds are coached by Jews: Bruce Pearl, Todd Golden, and Jon Scheyer. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski.

  • At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself.
  • This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude.
  • Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from.
  • But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me.
  • And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.
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Cultural InfluenceBasketballBruce PearlCollege SportsNcaaJewish PlayersMarch MadnessDanny WolfJewish Coaches

Places mentioned

Toronto, Ontario, Canada
"On now exclusively at ROM."
Arizona, United States
"I came back from the land of some of our people, Arizona."
Florida, United States
"Florida coached by Todd Golden."
Texas, United States
"So shout out to the other number one seed, which is Houston."
Michigan, United States
"So the number one prospect, the number one Jewish American basketball prospect right now is, is Danny Wolf of Michigan."
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
"There is a kid at Yale named Riley Fox."
California, United States
"The craziest party I ever went to in university, you know, going to, you know, a work hard, play hard school like McGill was, was various Purim parties around town."
Israel
"a protege of Bruce Pearl played some pro basketball, uh, over, you know, overseas and, uh, and, and Israel as well."
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