05-30-2013, 10:01 PM
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06-19-2014, 09:18 PM
Top 50 coaches: No. 13 Shaka Smart
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VCU could have been a fun, one-time thing, a piece of trivia. In 2011, the first year of the First Four, the Rams did the unthinkable: They turned their surprising NCAA tournament at-large bid into a five-win trip to the Final Four. They beat USC in Dayton, then Georgetown and Purdue in Chicago. And that already was enough of a story -- the stylish young coach with the undersized, chaotic, irrepressibly hot team. But VCU would win a thriller against Florida State, then stood toe to toe with top-seeded Kansas. And Shaka Smart was in the Final Four in just his second season as a head coach.
http://espn.go.com/ncb/notebook/_/page/t...haka-smart