US EditionJon Scheyer, a Chicagoland prep basketball legend, going for 3rd national title with Duke — this time as head coach
- Three of the four head coaches in the NCAA Tournament Final Four are Jewish: Bruce Pearl, Jon Scheyer, and Todd Golden, marking a significant achievement in NCAA history.
- Bruce Pearl attributes his team's success at the NCAA Tournament to God and his Jewish faith.
- The Final Four matches will take place in San Antonio, culminating in the national championship game on Monday.
- Jon Scheyer is aiming for his third national title in the NCAA Tournament Final Four this year.
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Jon Scheyer followed a legend in Duke’s Coach K. It took him just 3 seasons to reach the Final Four
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — The camera sneaked up behind Jon Scheyer as he started the long walk into the Alamodome's cavernous center, a route that crossed a sea of black carpet and eventually required stairs onto college basketball's grand stage.
Beckley Register-Herald
Jon Scheyer followed a legend in Duke's Coach K. It took him just 3 seasons to reach the Final Four
Duke's Jon Scheyer is in the Final Four for the first time as a head coach. The 37-year-old is in his third season as the Blue Devils' coach and the successor to Hall of Famer Mike Krzyzewski. Scheyer has won…
Shalom, San Antonio: UF’s Todd Golden among 3 Jewish coaches in Final Four
GAINESVILLE — Florida coach Todd Golden doesn’t talk much about his Jewish faith, but takes tremendous pride in his heritage. This week will be a rare celebration of it at the Final Four. Three of the four coaches in the national semifinals are Jewish: Golden, Auburn’s Bruce Pearl and Duke’s Jon Scheyer. “It’s going to be a very Jewish event, I can promise you that — three out of four, man,” Golden told the Orlando Sentinel on Tuesday. Raised in…
Jon Scheyer, a Chicagoland prep basketball legend, going for 3rd national title with Duke — this time as head coach
Jon Scheyer is two victories shy of winning his third NCAA Division I national championship with the storied Duke men's basketball program: one as a player, one as an assistant coach, and — with wins in San Antonio on Saturday and Monday — one as a head coach. He's also a north suburban native who happens to be one of the most prolific players in Chicagoland prep basketball history. Scheyer, who's from Northbrook and starred at Glenbrook North H…
New York Post
hive.newsThree coaches in Final Four reminder of Jews’ rich ties to city game
History has already been made in that three of the four head coaches in the Final Four — Auburn’s Bruce Pearl, Duke’s Jon Scheyer (my youngest son, Luke, is a fourth-year manager for the Blue Devils) and Todd Golden of Florida — were bar mitzvahed.
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