All Ball - Pt. 3: Pt. 2: Marquette HC Shaka Smart on 2011 VCU Cinderella Final Four Run
The Dan Patrick Show
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🗓️ 25 January 2023
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Doug continues his conversation with Marquette Head Coach Shaka Smart by looking back at VCU’s Cinderella 2011 Final Four run in his second year as a head coach, how they were able to upset Georgetown, Purdue and Kansas, what he regrets about the Final Four loss to Butler, why he opted to stay at VCU instead of immediately taking more money elsewhere, and how he attempted to stay grounded as the hottest coach in basketball.
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| 1:07.0 | Hey, what I'm welcome in, I'm Doug Gottlieb. This is all bull. Well you've been |
| 1:17.8 | clamoring for it because we had parts one and two. This is part three with Shaka Smart. Okay, so when we last talk with Shaka, he had just |
| 1:27.0 | finished his first year at VCU. His second year was the final four year, but I think it's really interesting to start at the point of, |
| 1:39.0 | hey, end of your first year, because end of your first year, a lot of times it's your first year's head coach, you self-assessed, you |
| 1:44.6 | assess your roster, you assess your coaching staff. How did they go from really high |
| 1:51.2 | quality mid-major program to first four to final four. It's all in here. |
| 1:57.4 | Enjoy. Here's my conversation with shotgun. |
| 2:00.2 | When we last caught up we had ended year one at V.C. you mentioned how much you you |
| 2:09.3 | love that group right but all people remember about VCU is year two, right? You said your favorite, two |
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