CLEVELAND - Marquette men's basketball coach Shaka Smart has some deep ties in Northeast Ohio. When he was working as an ...

During the 2010-11 season, Shaka Smart gained recognition when he guided the VCU Rams to their only Final Four appearance in school history. Since then, the current Marquette Golden Eagles head ...

CLEVELAND - With more non-local media at Marquette's press conference Thursday — before its NCAA men's basketball tournament ...

THE MODERATOR: We have Stevie Mitchell and Coach Shaka Smart. SHAKA SMART: Congrats to St. John's. We played them six days ago. That was about as close to a back-and-forth game throughout the game ...

Shaka Smart’s last nine NCAA tournament appearances have ended with losses to teams seeded No. 10, 11, 7, 8, 14, 7, 11, 10 and 12. He had the higher seeded team in eight of those nine games.