A perfect pairing: How Shaka Smart quickly changed the trajectory of Marquette and the Big East Reborn in Year 2 under Smart, the 2-seed Golden Eagles are screaming into the NCAA Tournament ...

How sweet it is for Marquette fans to have Shaka Smart as their men's basketball coach. Marquette has made the NCAA Tournament in all three of his seasons at the school and reached its first Sweet ...

Marquette men's basketball coach Shaka Smart showed some massive ups on Tuesday night as he celebrated a key victory for his Golden Eagles. No. 10 Marquette topped No. 19 Creighton 73-71, which ...

We are Marquette, and we don’t take a backseat to anyone,” Smart told 94.5 ESPN Radio in Milwaukee. “If someone wants to step up and challenge us, O.K., we’re going to challenge them right ...

Marquette (27-9, 14-6 in Big East play) will take on 11 seed NC State (24-14, 9-11 in ACC play) in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament on Friday, March 29 at American Airlines Arena in Dallas.

One of the likely reasons that Smart was emotional is that he has had a long road back to the Sweet 16. The 46-year-old coach made a name for himself when he led VCU to the Final Four in 2011.

MILWAUKEE — Marquette coach Shaka Smart has received a contract extension after leading the Golden Eagles to their first outright regular-season championship and tournament title in the Big East.