11/15/2011 will go down as the most historic night in the history of a coach within the NCAA ranks of men's college basketball. In a highly touted game at Madison Square Garden, the Duke University Blue Devils defeated the Michigan State Spartars 74-69. This game was highly touted due the fact that, with a Duke victory, Bobby Knight's 902 career wins would be trumped. On a night when 903 was the number on everyone's mind, a man named Herb Magee led his Philadelphia University team to a 71-59 win over opponent West Chester University. This game was significant because Coach Magee tied Coach Don Meyer to become to all time leader in wins for NCAA Men's college basketball.
One of Knight's players at Army was Mike Krzyzewski, who later was head coach at Army before moving on to Duke and is the winningest men's basketball coach in NCAA history. - Taken from The United States' Military Academy's Men's Basketball's Wiki page
An intriguing subplot to the misinformation reported from a handful of media outlets that I've seen, most notably ESPN and CNN, have placed Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski as the all time leader. While there is no denying that Mike Krzyzewski is one of the greatest coaches in college basketball history, to say that he is the all time leader in college basketball history is just an outright lie.
To most, it is acceptable to say that Krzyzewski is #1 despite the fact that he is still 20 wins behind Magee for 1st place on the all time list. While perception would lead you to believe that Krzyzewski is on top of the list, the reality is that bronze is not greater than gold.
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