Mike Rhoades has accepted a five-year deal to become head coach at Rice.

Rhoades was most recently assistant coach at VCU.

Marquette and Wake Forest have reached out to Shaka Smart about their head coaching vacancies.

Smart, who has had great success at VCU, is a Wisconsin native.

The Rams finished 26-9 this past season and were 12-4 in the A-10 before losing to Stephen F. Austin in the second round of the NCAA tournament last week.

Saint Joseph's defeated VCU by a final score of 65-61 to win the 2014 Atlantic 10 Tournament.

Halil Kanacevic was named Tournament MVP and was joined on the All-Tournament Team by Ronald Roberts Jr., Langston Galloway, Briante Weber, Rob Brandenberg and Treveon Graham.

Jordair Jett of Saint Louis has been named Atlantic 10 Player of the Year.

Jett was joined on the All-Conference First Team by Dwayne Evans, Langston Galloway, Treveon Graham and Chaz Williams.

On the All-Conference Second Team are Kendall Anthony, Isaiah Armwood, Tyreek Duren, Halil Kanacevic and Juvonte Reddic.

Briante Weber was named Defensive Player of the Year, while DeAndre Bembry and E.C. Matthews shared Rookie of the Year honors.