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 ...

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

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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 — One graduation party with one coach changed the perspective of Shaka ... four at Marquette. The reason is Akron. “I was actually telling one of the kids my best Keith Dambrot stories, ...

CLEVELAND — One graduation party with one coach changed the perspective of Shaka Smart’s life ... VCU in 2011 before heading to Texas and Marquette. Since then, he’s won an NIT Tournament ...

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 ...