Shaka Smart, Texas Basketball Mandatory Credit: Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports
It feels like beyond time at this point that Texas basketball program finally parts ways with sixth-year head coach Shaka Smart. The talk of the town for a while, not just on the Forty Acres but around the college hoops media landscape as a whole, surrounded Smart’s recently found scorching hot seat.
Following the embarrassing loss for Smart and the Longhorns in the Round of 64 last weekend at the hands of the 14-seed Abilene Christian Wildcats and head coach Joe Goulding, the hot seat for this head coach really started ramping up.