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A look at Roy Williams’ career through his milestone wins

In beating Syracuse, Roy Williams won his 800th career game as a college basketball head coach. He also became the second fastest to get to the mark. Though he has his critics, 800 is a lot of wins. Lets look back at some of them.

#1: November 25, 1988 - Kansas 94, Alaska-Anchorage 81

Roy began his career with a win in the Great Alaska Shootout. Kansas started the 88-89 season 13-1, but ended 19-12. It was just one of two seasons where one of Williams’ teams won less than 20 games in a season.

#65: March 23, 1991 - Kansas 93, Arkansas 81

In just his third season as a head coach, Williams and Kansas beat Arkansas to make his first Final Four.