CLEVELAND - Marquette men's basketball coach Shaka Smart has some deep ties in Northeast Ohio. When he was working as an assistant coach at Akron, Smart met his wife, Maya. That was also when he ...

With the college basketball season over, it’s time for the Marquette men’s team to look ahead to ... What stood out about Stevens to his coaches? Bullis head coach Bruce Kelley wanted to give some ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Marquette men’s basketball head coach Shaka Smart, in Cleveland as the Golden Eagles prepare to play Friday in the NCAA Tournament, said his Northeast Ohio roots make the ...

CLEVELAND – The Marquette men’s basketball team pulled away for easy victories in its last two NCAA tournament openers. But the Golden Eagles were No. 2 seeds in those games, and they face a ...

Shaka Smart's first NCAA Division I assistant job was at Akron for Keith Dambrot, who coached LeBron James in high school.