Shaka Smart To UT, Lebron & Kyrie Dynamic, Record Pay Per View For Mayweather/Pacquiao Fight
BASKETBALL
In college basketball, it’s official, former VCU (Virginia Commonwealth University) coach Shaka Smart, a guy who miraculously led a “nobody had heard of them VCU” to the Final Four in 2011 and made the program relevant again, has decided to take the job at the University of Texas. After Smart got VCU to the Final Four, many large colleges came after him, but he wanted to stay. But jobs like Texas are just too lucrative and too prestigious to pass up. He’s already a good coach, and when he gets access to the recruiting in Texas, he will likely make Texas an immediate contender.  VCU will be sad to see him go (even the strip clubs in the area offered free lap dances to Smart and his staff if he stayed), but it was the right opportunity for Smart to move on.
And in the NBA, the Cleveland Cavaliers might be red hot right now, but that doesn’t mean that they’re perfect.  On Thursday, we got a glimpse into their inner-dynamic. After an early season game where the Cavs lost to the Jazz, LeBron gave Kyrie a lecture. Kyrie finished the game with 34 points, but didn’t finish with ANY assists.
“He came up to me and was like, ‘One, you can never have another game with no assists,’ ” Irving said, describing James’ words. ” ‘You can damn near have just one, two, three, but you can’t have zero.’ And I was like, ‘All right, cool, it won’t happen again.’ And it hasn’t happened since that game.”
Now the Cavs are in prime position to win the Eastern Conference.
BOXING
The Mayweather-Pacquiao fight on May 2nd will cost a record-setting $99 on Pay Per View. Typically, the big fights are between $40 and $60, but they know that everyone wants to see the fight of the century, so they can charge as high as $99.  Alternatively, you you can book your reservations at your favorite sports bar or restaurant but do it now to get a good seat.
