“I called him to talk about pressure in the NCAA Tournament and to see if he had any insights into things we might do,” Huggins said.
Now Huggins is a Hall of Fame bound coach, a veteran of nearly as many years as a head coach as the 38-year-old Smart has been alive, but Huggins has such respect for the way Smart coaches his teams that he was comfortable in calling him.
Why not?
In 2011, Smart, who was marketing his full-court pressure defense as “Havoc” much as Huggins’ full-court pressure is marketed as “Press Virginia,” had taken his underdog VCU team all the way to the Final Four.