ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Shaka Smart is the new star of the Colonial Athletic Association.
The Virginia Commonwealth coach was the main attraction at the CAA basketball media day Tuesday.
Smart says he isn’t basking in the glow of his school’s run to the Final Four last season. He says instead of dreaming about what he’s done, he wants to focus on having that kind of success again.
Part of fame is learning how to say no. Smart says it would have been easy for him to do nothing but speaking engagements over the last few months.
He said the biggest change in his life came when his first child was born last month.
VCU was picked to finish third in the CAA preseason poll, behind Drexel and George Mason.
