Rick Byrd gets 700th career win, joins elite company

On Saturday night, Rick Byrd joined Mike Krzyzewski, Jim Boeheim, Bob Huggins, Roy Williams, Bo Ryan, Rick Pitino.

With Belmont's 89-83 win at Austin Peay, Byrd became the seventh active NCAA Division I coach with 700 career victories.

He's No. 1 on another list: Most victories by a coach wearing a sweater vest. That's Byrd's customary game-day attire. Over the years, some Belmont players have joked that they saw Byrd in a jacket and tie when they were being recruited but never again.

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