Smart, Shaka

Marquette Viewing: Active Coaches Rank #39 of 350 Coach Score: 68.90

Career & Tournament Summary

Career record

382–203

NCAA record

10–12

NCAA win%

0.455

Appearances

Average round

1.8 (Round of 64)

Current NCAA streak

0 years

Deep March resume

🏆 0 FF 1

Avg ATS margin

-0.11

Most Frequent Matchups All H2H →

Hurley, Dan Connecticut	5–9	14 games
Huggins, Bob West Virginia	8–6	14 games
Self, Bill Kansas	4–10	14 games
Weber, Bruce Kansas St.	8–5	13 games
Drew, Scott Baylor	3–10	13 games
Beard, Chris Mississippi	5–8	13 games

Betting Trends

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48.7% cover rate · 167 games · last 5 seasons COLD

5-season decay-weighted cover rate (most recent season weighted heaviest). Spread data from 2021–22 onward. HOT/COLD requires most recent season ≥ 10 games and >5 pts from weighted avg.

Cover %

48.7%

167 games

As Favorite

50.5%

105 games

As Underdog

53.2%

62 games

Recent Season

38.7%

2025-26

Current Season

38.7%

31 games · 2025-26

Trend

COLD

Near-neutral ATS record — close to a coin flip against the spread.

Season-by-season

Season	School	W	L	Win%	WAB	WAP	TASE	Seed	ATS	Furthest RoundNCAA	Final Four LocationF4 Location
►2026-27	Marquette	0	0	0.000 0.00	—	—	—	—	—		Detroit, MI

►2025-26	Marquette	12	20	0.375 0.38	-4.3	-3.7	—	—	-0.82	No NCAA	Indianapolis, IN

►2024-25	Marquette	23	11	0.676 0.68	+6.5	+0.1	-0.86	#7	-1.63	R64 R32 S16 E8 FF CG R64	San Antonio, TX

►2023-24	Marquette	27	10	0.730 0.73	+8.3	+3.0	-0.27	#2	-0.16	R64 R32 S16 E8 FF CG S16	Phoenix, AZ

►2022-23	Marquette	29	7	0.806 0.81	+9.4	+6.4	-1.27	#2	+2.83	R64 R32 S16 E8 FF CG R32	Houston, TX

►2021-22	Marquette	19	13	0.594 0.59	+2.6	+2.1	-0.60	#9	+1.55	R64 R32 S16 E8 FF CG R64	New Orleans, LA

►2020-21	Texas	19	8	0.704 0.70	+5.8	+2.2	-1.79	#3	-0.85	R64 R32 S16 E8 FF CG R64	Indianapolis, IN

►2019-20	Texas	19	12	0.613 0.61	+3.4	—	—	—	—	COVID	Atlanta, GA

►2018-19	Texas	21	16	0.568 0.57	+1.6	—	—	—	—	No NCAA	Minneapolis, MN

►2017-18	Texas	19	15	0.559 0.56	+3.6	—	-0.58	#10	—	R64 R32 S16 E8 FF CG R64	San Antonio, TX

►2016-17	Texas	11	22	0.333 0.33	-3.6	—	—	—	—	No NCAA	Phoenix, AZ

►2015-16	Texas	20	13	0.606 0.61	+5.8	—	-1.02	#6	—	R64 R32 S16 E8 FF CG R64	Houston, TX

►2014-15	VCU	26	10	0.722 0.72	+6.7	—	-0.86	#7	—	R64 R32 S16 E8 FF CG R64	Indianapolis, IN

►2013-14	VCU	26	9	0.743 0.74	+6.0	—	-1.12	#5	—	R64 R32 S16 E8 FF CG R64	Arlington, TX

►2012-13	VCU	27	9	0.750 0.75	—	—	-0.12	#5	—	R64 R32 S16 E8 FF CG R32	Atlanta, GA

►2011-12	VCU	29	7	0.806 0.81	—	—	+0.52	#12	—	R64 R32 S16 E8 FF CG R32	New Orleans, LA

►2010-11	VCU	28	12	0.700 0.70	—	—	+4.44	#11	—	R64 R32 S16 E8 FF CG F4	Houston, TX

►2009-10	VCU	27	9	0.750 0.75	—	—	—	—	—	No NCAA	Indianapolis, IN

Abbreviations: R64=Round of 64, R32=Round of 32, S16=Sweet 16, E8=Elite 8, FF=Final Four, CG=Championship Game (runner-up or champion). 🏆 indicates a national title. Gold highlight = Final Four appearance or better.