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Don Meyer ties Bob Knight 

Post#1 » by Klomp » Sun Jan 4, 2009 7:56 pm

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=3808865

Northern State men's basketball coach Don Meyer made history Saturday night when his team defeated Upper Iowa, 63-58, in Fayette, Iowa.

Meyer tied Bob Knight for the most coaching victories in NCAA men's basketball history with 902. Meyer and Knight are the only two coaches in NCAA men's basketball history to reach the 900-win plateau.

After leading by as many as 17 in the first half, Northern State, which is ranked No. 19 in NCAA Division II, had to hold on for the victory. Kevin Ratzsch had 20 points and 10 rebounds for the Wolves.

Meyer, 64, is still recovering from a car accident that occurred Sept. 5. Doctors are in the early stages of determining a course of action for the treatment of cancer discovered in the aftermath of his collision.


Other Career Accomplishments
-Fastest to 800 wins in history of the game
-In 36 years, only 1 player did not earn his degree
(Source: CoachMeyer.com)

Seeing him first hand the past 5 years, I am not surprised at this accomplishment. Meyer is a class act.
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Re: Don Meyer ties Bob Knight 

Post#2 » by ljp24 » Tue Jan 6, 2009 11:44 pm

Wow, first time I'll ever call a coach a beast. Here's hoping he reaches 1000.
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Re: Don Meyer ties Bob Knight 

Post#3 » by PhilipNelsonFan » Fri Jan 9, 2009 12:00 am

Big ups to SI for a very tasteful and well done story on him recently.
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Re: Don Meyer ties Bob Knight 

Post#4 » by Klomp » Sun Jan 11, 2009 7:42 pm

He passed him last night. Buster Olney was in attendance. Any time you can get an ESPN reporter to come to South Dakota, you know you've done something right.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=3824682
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/columns/s ... id=3824898
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Re: Don Meyer ties Bob Knight 

Post#5 » by Jase » Sat Jan 31, 2009 9:10 pm

PhilipNelsonFan wrote:Big ups to SI for a very tasteful and well done story on him recently.


I read that. Good stuff. Tasteful, indeed.
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