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 ...

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

CLEVELAND - With more non-local media at Marquette's press conference Thursday — before its NCAA men's basketball tournament ...

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 ...

Marquette coach Shaka Smart graduated from Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio. But local college hoops fans might remember him ...

CLEVELAND — One graduation party with one coach changed the perspective of Shaka Smart’s life ... the most meaningful stop for me, Northeast Ohio, for a couple reasons. One, I met my wife ...

First- and second-round games in the East and South brackets of the NCAA Tournament will be played this weekend at Rocket Arena. Eight teams will vie for the chance to move on in their respective ...