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D-II McKendree coach becomes college basketball's winningest

Nobody has won more college basketball games than Harry Statham.

The men's coach at McKendree University in Lebanon, Ill., passed former Tennessee women's coach Pat Summitt last Saturday as the winningest coach at a four-year school with a 92-84 victory over Maryville University. He then notched his 1,100th victory Thursday with a 108-105 win over Missouri S&T.

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"Wow. You've made an incredible mark on college basketball," Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski, the winningest Division I men's coach, said in a congratulatory video.