Just got this from Goodman on Fox: Aki Collins was a participant in the Villa 7.
What is it?
From their webpage (http://www.sportleadership.vcu.edu/villa7/history.html):
"In 2004, Villa 7 began as a forum where athletic directors could share ideas and meet with the country's elite assistant basketball coaches.
Approximately 20 athletic directors and 30 carefully selected assistant coaches attended the first meeting in Las Vegas. Each group recognized the benefit of the forum, and expressed interest in developing a multi-day symposium.
The success of the first symposium, held in Charlotte, N.C., led the Center for Sport Leadership at VCU and Nike to form a partnership based on this identical rationale: that we can positively affect the future of college basketball and help prepare the next generation of college basketball leaders.
The Villa 7 Consortium is the next step as we continue to grow and prosper."
Here was the list of attendees with Aki:
Neill Berry, South Carolina
Jeff Boals, Ohio State
Bob Cantu, USC
Chris Caputo, George Mason
Raphael Chillious, Washington
T.J. Cleveland, Missouri
Aki Collins, Marquette
Travis DeCuire, Cal
Joe Dooley, Kansas
Andy Enfield, Florida State
Chris Ferguson, Oklahoma State
Jorge Fernandez, Miami
Brian Fish, Oregon
Jim Fox, Davidson
Kyle Getter, VCU
Gregg Gottlieb, Cal
Matt Graves, Butler
Donny Guerinoni, LSU
Jerod Haase, North Carolina
Steve Henson, UNLV
Mike Hopkins, Syracuse
Jerrence Howard, Illinois
Kenya Hunter, Georgetown
Kwanza Johnson, Georgia
Mike Jones, VCU
Stan Jones, Florida State
Pat Kelsey, Xavier
Paul Lusk, Purdue
John Mahoney
Erik Martin, West Virginia
Jim McCarthy, Northeastern
CB McGrath, North Carolina
Archie Miller, Arizona
Dan Muller, Vanderbilt
Scott Pera, Arizona State
Josh Posterino, DePaul
Mike Rhoades, VCU
Dave Rice, BYU
King Rice, Vanderbilt
Kareem Richardson, Drake
Ron Sanchez, Virginia
Pat Sellars
Jim Shaw, Washington
Pat Skerry, Pittsburgh
Joel Sobotka, Portland
Russ Springmann, Texas
Dwayne Stephens, Michigan State
Dedrique Taylor, Arizona State
Vince Taylor, Minnesota
Rodney Terry, Texas
Will Wade, VCU
Torrey Ward, Mississippi
Michael White, Mississippi
Grooming to be future head coaches...GREAT FOR AKI!
Buzz was a 2006 and 2008 "grad" (http://www.sportleadership.vcu.edu/villa7/success.html)
Source: http://community.foxsports.com/goodmanonfox/blog/2010/07/19/uconns_hathaway_to_chair_2012_tourney;_villa_7_participants