The Smith Center opened Jan. 18, 1986, with a basketball game pitting the UNC men’s team against the Duke Blue Devils — Dean Smith on the UNC bench, Mike Krzyzewski on the other — as the ...

Those talks began more than a decade ago, when UNC athletic director Bubba Cunningham likened it to extensively remodeling your house or deciding to build a new one. The Dean E. Smith Center ...

UNC students celebrate an announcement of "No Class Tomorrow" from the stands during the game against N.C. State at the Dean E. Smith Center on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025. UNC won 97-73. By Matthew ...

UNC-Chapel Hill could renovate or replace the Dean Smith Center, the iconic home of Tar Heel basketball for nearly 40 years, as part of a larger effort to update the university's building portfolio.

About 10,000 people came to the Dean E. Smith Center on Sunday on the campus of UNC-Chapel Hill, where the university hosted a public memorial service in celebration of Smith, the longtime ...

Hundreds of fans gathered at the Dean E. Smith Center on campus, headquarters of the Tar Heel basketball program, to welcome the team as they stepped off the buses.

The University of North Carolina basketball program is considering renovating or possibly replacing the Dean Smith Center. The school's Athletic Director, Bubba Cunningham, would like to add ...

UNC-Chapel Hill is considering replacing the Smith Center with a new arena. Peyton Williams / Getty Images By Dane Huffman – Managing Editor, Triangle Business Journal ...

By Brian Murphy, WRAL. The University of North Carolina is considering at least six options for replacing or renovating the Dean E. Smith Center, the home to the Tar Heels' men's basketball program.