Shaka Smart's relationship with the Martin twins dates back many years

Wolf Pack players Jordan Caroline, Caleb Martin and Cody Martin as well as coach Eric Musselman discuss their team's NCAA Tournament game against Texas on Friday afternoon. Chris Murray/RGJ

(Photo: Christopher Hanewinckel/USA TODAY Sports)NASHVILLE, Tenn. – During Caleb and Cody Martin’s junior season of high school, one of the many college coaches to visit the twins was Shaka Smart, then the highly successful head coach at VCU.

Smart envisioned bright futures for both boys – “Their jerseys would have been up in the rafters if they’d have come to VCU,” Smart said Thursday – but that future began at North Carolina State. Shortly after Smart visited the Martins, who he raves about, the twins…