Mike Krzyzewski one-upped his longtime rival. Now there’s only one man with more victories than Duke’s Hall of Fame coach – his former mentor.

Krzyzewski moved past rival Dean Smith into second place on the men’s all-time wins list Wednesday night, claiming his 880th career victory with the top-ranked Blue Devils’ 108-62 rout of North Carolina-Greensboro.

He trails Bob Knight, who mentored and coached him at Army on the way to 902 wins. One fan in the stands held a sign that said: “You’re next, Bobby.”

“I don’t want to take any of that too seriously, but rather say, ‘I’m one of the guys who’s won a lot of games,”’ Krzyzewski said. “To share a spotlight with Dean and (Knight), that’s a great honor.”

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A lot of people have been teasing UNC Greensboro basketball coach Mike Dement lately, telling him, “You’re going to be an asterisk,” or “You’re going to be the answer to a trivia question.”

He’s only being half-sarcastic when he laughs and replies, “Oh, that’s great.”

When the Spartans (0-11) scheduled tonight’s game against Duke at Greensboro Coliseum, no one had any idea that the Blue Devils (11-0) would be the defending national champions or the No. 1 team in the country.

Or that Mike Krzyzewski would be one win from passing North Carolina legend Dean Smith as the ACC’s all-time winningest coach. A victory tonight would be Krzyzewski’s 880th and would move him into the No. 2 slot on the Division I all-time men’s college basketball wins list, behind Bob Knight, who has 902.

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Coach K recorded win No. 800 at Duke Tuesday night beating No. 4 Kansas State 82-68. Krzyzewski is the fifth coach to reach that figure at one school. His overall win total is 873, three behind Adolph Rupp for third place on the career list.

“It means I’m at a great school,” Krzyzewski said of the milestone. “It has afforded me the chance to recruit great kids. I feel really comfortable coaching at a high caliber and you’re much better able to form a team with kids with the good character. We try to develop the good character they bring us. Duke allows us to recruit nationally and for me being there for 31 years. … I’m a lucky guy to be there.”

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