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YU loses in Sweet 16, as Zevi Samet puts up 43 points in his last game with the Maccabees

JL;DR SUMMARY Yeshiva University's Maccabees concluded their NCAA Division III championship journey in the Sweet 16 with a 101-80 defeat against the Emory University Eagles. 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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Jewish CommunityYeshiva UniversityMaccabeesBasketballOrthodoxNcaa Division IiiElliot SteinmetzEmory UniversityZevi SametSweet 16

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Atlanta, Georgia, United States
"The 101-80 loss to a higher-seeded team came amid the electric atmosphere that fans of the Orthodox flagship had promised, with star Zevi Samet putting up 43 points in his last game with the Maccabees and fans from near and far outnumbering the home crowd in Atlanta."

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