<a href="http://www.vcuramnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Shaka-Smart.jpg"><img src="http://www.vcuramnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Shaka-Smart.jpg" alt="" title="Shaka-Smart" width="425" height="255" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-7375" /></a>Forget for a second that he finished THIRD in CAA Coach of the Year voting after finishing second in the regular season standings (eventually winning the CAA tournament) after losing four key seniors from a Final 4 squad... ESPN.com's Myron Medcalf seems to be one of the many who thought Shaka Smart was at least a top 10 candidate for NATIONAL Coach of the Year honors.
Medcalf slotted Shaka ninth in <a href="http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebasketballnation/post/_/id/58051/re-thinking-national-coach-of-the-year" title="his rankings">his rankings</a>, just behind the likes of four, maybe five, future hall-of-famers.
Medcalf slotted Shaka ninth in <a href="http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebasketballnation/post/_/id/58051/re-thinking-national-coach-of-the-year" title="his rankings">his rankings</a>, just behind the likes of four, maybe five, future hall-of-famers.
