MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The Baron of the Bluegrass officially has company with The Huggy Bear.
Bob Huggins tied Kentucky legend Adolph Rupp for seventh place all-time on the NCAA career wins list, earning his 876th career victory courtesy of a 74-51 laugher over Missouri in the Big 12/SEC Challenge.
Huggins was exactly as celebratory as you’d expect, comparing it to whenever his dad would reach coaching milestones in the Ohio high school ranks.
“I used to sit and listen to my dad, they’d tell him, ‘That was win number whatever’ and his response was ‘Man, that just means I’m old.