Marquette's Shaka Smart has a reputation as a March Madness genius thanks to his remarkable run from the First Four to the Final Four with VCU in 2011, one heck of a way to welcome the inception ...

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

VCU caught fire at the right time and won five games in a row -- four of them by double digits -- to reach the Final Four. Coach Shaka Smart's energetic sideline antics became a memorable part of ...

Wade followed Shaka Smart, who led VCU to the 2011 Final Four. Martelli worked his way up in coaching by working at Manhattan, Niagara and Delaware. He also worked two seasons as a G League ...

Martelli was introduced as the new VCU men’s basketball coach in a campus press conference on Thursday after guiding Bryant to March Madness ...

VCU has been a consistent mid-major winner going back to Jeff Capel's tenure in the mid-2000s. That includes 13 bids in the past 18 NCAA Tournaments. The highlight was a First Four-to-Final Four run ...

VCU has been a consistent mid-major winner going back to Jeff Capel’s tenure in the mid-2000s. That includes 13 bids in the past 18 NCAA Tournaments. The highlight was a First Four-to-Final Four run ...

(AP) — VCU has hired Bryant's Phil Martelli ... The highlight was a First Four-to-Final Four run in 2011 under Shaka Smart, who is part of a list of coaches — including newly hired Will ...