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Virginia Commonwealth Coach Shaka Smart created a bit of a stir Monday morning when he said, regarding basketball in the state of Virginia, that “the reality is if you go by the numbers, if you go by postseason, if you go by even guys going to the NBA, the best programs in the state are in the CAA. It’s really not even close.”

George Mason Coach Paul Hewitt followed that comment up by pointing out that Virginia and Virginia Tech possess talented rosters, but programs are judged by how frequently they earn NCAA tournament bids and by how far they advance once they’re in the NCAA tournament.

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