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

Keith Dambrot and a LeBron James graduation party in Akron showed Marquette college basketball coach Shaka Smart the ...

Every player runs out of eligibility. Everyone knows its coming. But when the ending abruptly arrives, as it did for the Marquette men's basketball team's three seniors with a 75-66 loss to New ...

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Marquette basketball head coach Shaka Smart made a striking admission after the Golden Eagles’ 70-64 loss to St John’s. The ...

There will be a little extra juice in Fiserv Forum next season when the Marquette men's basketball ... but Golden Eagles head coach Shaka Smart faced Williams at Texas A&M several times when ...

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 ...

Basketball luminaries such as Michigan State coach Tom Izzo and Marquette coach Shaka Smart have some ties to Northeast Ohio.

THE MODERATOR: Coach, whenever you're ready. SHAKA SMART: That was a high-level game. Xavier fought their tails off. They really did a good job in the first half having us on our heels.

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 — 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 ...