Editing Yeshiva University (section)

====Basketball====
Yeshiva's Men's Basketball team is an annual playoff contender. The most successful eras for Yeshiva basketball in recent history have been at the start and end of the 1990s, as well as the dawn of the 2020s. Banners hang in the Max Stern Athletic Center commemorating seasons from both eras. The 2007–08 season had particular note as Yeshiva was home to the [[Skyline Conference]]'s Rookie of the Year. In 2018, the team won the Skyline Conference title in a game against [[State University of New York at Purchase|SUNY Purchase]], earning its first-ever NCAA berth and considerable media coverage.<ref>Rojas, R. (1 March 2018){{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/01/nyregion/yeshiva-university-ncaa-basketball-tournament.html |title=After Fasting and Before the Sabbath, Yeshiva Debuts in N.C.A.A. Tournament |newspaper=[[New York Times]] |date=March 2018 |access-date=March 5, 2018 |last1=Rojas |first1=Rick}}</ref> The current head coach of the team is [[Elliot Steinmetz]], who has been with the team since 2014.  Steinmetz succeeded Jonathan Halpert, the longest ever tenured NCAA men's basketball coach in New York City at 42 years.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Schonbrun |first=Zach |date=February 22, 2014 |title=At Yeshiva, Outpouring of Support for Departing Coach |work=The New York Times |pages=D7}}</ref> Steinmetz, a practicing lawyer, has been especially successful at attracting high caliber athletes, recognizing that Yeshiva's status in the Orthodox Jewish world means its athletics programs have unique access to a global talent pool from which to recruit players.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-11-05 |title=The most unlikely college hoops powerhouse, centuries in the making |url=https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/32542951/the-longest-winning-streak-men-college-basketball-belongs-yeshiva-university |access-date=2025-02-20 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref>

In the 2019–20 season, the men's basketball team's only loss was in the season opener, with the Maccabees going on to win the Skyline Conference championship. This was the second time in three years that the Maccabees made the NCAA Division III Tournament. They won the first two rounds, pushing them into the Sweet Sixteen (3rd round) for the first time in school history. Before they played in the third round, the NCAA tournament was canceled due to COVID-19. After a 7–0 season in 2020–21 also abbreviated by COVID-19, the Maccabees entered the 2021–22 season on a 36-game winning streak, the longest current streak in NCAA men's basketball in any division, and were ranked #2 in the preseason by the Division III basketball website ''D3hoops.com''. During this streak, the team was featured by media outlets as diverse as [[ESPN]], [[CNN]], the ''[[New York Daily News]]'', the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', and ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]''.<ref name=Belsky/> After previous #1 [[Randolph–Macon Yellow Jackets|Randolph–Macon]] lost in overtime, the Maccabees, with their winning streak having reached 44 games, inherited the #1 ranking in the ''D3hoops.com'' poll released on November 29, 2021, marking the first time any Yeshiva team had topped any national poll.<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://yumacs.com/news/2021/11/29/mens-basketball-now-ranked-no-1-in-d3hoops-com-top-25-poll.aspx |title=Men's Basketball Now Ranked No. 1 in D3hoops.com Top 25 Poll |publisher=Yeshiva Maccabees |date=November 29, 2021 |access-date=November 30, 2021}}</ref> The Maccabees received recognition from the ESPN and NBA Twitter accounts for their 50th straight win, the longest winning streak in NCAA Men's Division III Basketball.<ref>{{Cite tweet |title=FIFTY straight games for Yeshiva men's basketball |author=ESPN |user=espn |number=1473756895085309971 |date=2021-12-22 |access-date=2021-12-28 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite tweet |title=Congrats to Yeshiva University men's basketball team for 50 consecutive wins |author=NBA |user=NBA |number=1475328600043921410 |date=2021-12-26 |access-date=2021-12-28 |language=en}}</ref>

As of December 29, 2021, the men's basketball team held the then-longest active winning streak in men's college basketball with 50 consecutive wins.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sales |first=Ben |date=December 26, 2021 |title=Incredulous Yeshiva U. fans watch their basketball team continue a 50-win streak |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/incredulous-yeshiva-u-fans-watch-their-basketball-team-continue-a-50-win-streak/ |access-date=2021-12-28 |website=www.timesofisrael.com |language=en-US}}</ref> On December 30, 2021, the men's basketball team lost their winning streak.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/yeshiva-us-basketball-team-loses-at-home-snapping-50-game-win-streak/ |title=Yeshiva U's basketball team loses at home, snapping 50-game win streak |date=2021-12-31 |website=The Times of Israel |last=Philissa Cramer}}</ref>