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The Yeshiva University men’s basketball team was on a historic 29-game winning streak, the NCAA Division III tournament was underway and the Maccabees were excited to see how far they could go. But then Covid-19 hit, the tournament was cancelled, and now the Maccabees will never know if they could have been champions. In this episode of Game Changers, Noam Weissman talks to Yeshiva University basketball coach Elliot Steinmetz and player Simcha Halpert about the bitter disappointment of not finishing the season, the importance of resilience and why the Macs have truly changed the perception of Jews as athletes.