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Yahoo Sports college expert Pete Thamel sits down for a one-on-one interview with Texas Longhorns basketball coach Shaka Smart and they look back on how his coaching career brought him to Texas.

Among the additional topics they discuss:
• Smart’s experience coaching LeBron James and how much Smart learned from James (2:00)
• Living off $4 foot-longs from Subway and $45 a week during his first coaching job (7:00)
• How he helped grow the college basketball program at VCU (16:00)
• A look at his Longhorns team heading into the upcoming season (23:00)
• The state of college hoops in 2018.