CBS Sports reports that the University of Texas is talking with VCU Coach Shaka Smart about replacing oust Head Basketball Coach Rick Barnes.   Smart has turned down numerous lucrative opportunities including jobs at Maryland, NC State and Marquette.   Smart has a 163-56 record at VCU and led the Rams to the Final Four in 2011.

Red thinks Smart would be a smart choice (not many college basketball coaches have a Masters Degree in Social Science), but is rooting for Larry Krystkowiak so that his alma mater can finally have a Coach K with an unpronounceable name.