By Michael Litos

Shaka Smart took his position under the far basket at William & Mary’s cavernous Alumni Hall. The pregame shootaround just wrapped, but instead of heading back to the hotel the VCU head coach beelined to the south basket’s baseline.

It wasn’t really his position. Graduate assistants generally rebound for players working on their shooting, not the head coach. But the young, charismatic coach has never shied away from participating in drills with his players. He also had a good reason to work with seldom-used sophomore Troy Daniels.

Smart knew Daniels’ role would change that night. Brandon Rozzell, the Rams’ best three-point threat, broke his wrist at UNC Wilmington and was out for six weeks. Daniels played one minute of mop-up time during VCU’s previous game; Rozzell had hit six threes. In fact, Daniels had played 25 total minutes and shot 1-11 combined during the previous seven games.

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