In case you missed it – Wake Forest and Jeff Bzdelik parted ways yesterday and the Demon Deacons have now joined Boston College and Virginia Tech as the Atlantic Coast Conference institutions searching for a new head basketball coach. (If you want to follow various coaching carousel discussions as well as a variety of other […]
I ran across this little preseason blog entry this morning that I wanted to share. It’s not too special, just a little primer on the college basketball season as we head into the first weekend of games. Specifically of interest to the Wolfpack in the entry was the following: Three bold predictions 1. Two Kentucky […]
Alternative Title: You can’t run with the big dogs if you sit on the porch. Or maybe: You can’t run with the big dogs if you pee like a puppy. Then there’s always the politician’s creed: It’s always easy when you’re spending other people’s money. . . . . . …VCU’s overall university fee will […]
From The Capstone Report: Many were hoping that VCU’s Shaka Smart would take the job. Seriously? No disrespect to Coach Smart, but if you were to spin the clock back to mid February, and I was to ask you who Shaka Smart was, most of you would probably not have a clue. If Shaka Smart, […]
Link to video. The 33-year-old coach participated in what VCU calls the “iron man drill,” stepping up to take a charge on 6-foot-7 Reco McCarter, diving to save a loose ball that was going out of bounds and then sprinting to the other end of the court to corral another loose ball. He punctuated the […]
NC State interested in Shaka Smart NC State has an eye on VCU head coach Shaka Smart. Multiple sources told WRAL on Saturday that Smart is a coach of interest for NC State. He was recently contacted by either the Parker search firm or by an NC State intermidiary to gauge his interest in coaching […]
