Perhaps nobody has bought more Zaide Lowery stock than Shaka Smart.
The Marquette men’s basketball head coach trusted him as a first-year as a go-to bench option in some of the Golden Eagles’ toughest moments. And this year, given Marquette’s losses of Tyler Kolek and Oso Ighodaro and Smart’s bet-on-his-guys approach to roster construction, Lowery will occupy an even bigger role.
Smart doesn’t mince his words when talking about what this means for the sophomore guard.