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Texas’ Shaka Smart to lead USA Men’s U-18 team

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Texas Longhorns head coach Shaka Smart communicates to his players in a game against the Northern Iowa Panthers during the first half of play in the first round of the 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship at Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City on Friday, March 18, 2016.

Texas Longhorns head coach Shaka Smart will lead the USA Men’s U-18 team, USA Basketball announced Thursday.

Smart will be the team’s head coach as the it travels to Valdivia, Chile for the 2016 FIBA Americas U18 Championship on July 19-23.