ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) — Four months after a car accident nearly killed Don Meyer, the Northern State coach passed Bob Knight as the NCAA's winningest men's basketball coach.
Northern State's 82-62 win over Mary on Saturday night gave Meyer his 903rd victory.
``There's no clinician I'd rather listen to than Bobby Knight,'' Meyer said. ``He's taught us a lot.''
Always the teacher himself, Meyer still was instructing his team after the historic victory.
``We've got a ways to go,'' said Meyer, who made note in the postgame huddle of his team's defensive lapses on some 3-point shots. ``How selfish it would be if I was celebrating all this stuff and they were trying to be a better team.''
He compiled his 903 wins at three universities in a career that began in 1972 and nearly ended last September in a car accident that sent him to the hospital for 55 days, forced doctors to amputate his lower left leg and led to the discovery of a slow-growing cancer.
A few minutes after the game, Meyer finally smiled, letting the moment sink in.
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