December 05, 2011

Krzyzewski, Summitt named SI Sportsman, Sportswoman of year: The two Hall of Famers are the winningest coaches in women's and men's college basketball. Tennessee's Summitt announced in August that she had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's but pledged to continue coaching and earned her 1,075th career victory Sunday. Duke's Krzyzewski passed mentor Bob Knight on Nov. 15 when he won his 903rd game. They joined UCLA's John Wooden in 1972 and North Carolina's Dean Smith in 1997 as the only college basketball coaches to receive the honor.

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