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The North Carolina Tar Heels' basketball program is navigating through the 2025-26 season as Hubert Davis looks to get back on track. However, a big storyline that is emerging is the future of the ...

Kenny Smith, a basketball analyst and former UNC player under Dean Smith, says the Tar Heels' next men's basketball coach should "want to retire a Tar Heel." In his first TV appearance since former ...

Public protests were pivotal in stopping a deal that was all but done, school documents reveal. David Jensen / Getty Images The question of what to do with North Carolina basketball’s Dean E. Smith ...

FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas basketball coach John Calipari continues to rise up the wins ladder, passing an icon in the process. The No. 21 Razorbacks (3-1) beat Samford 79-75 on Friday, Nov. 14. The ...

The North Carolina Tar Heels basketball program won its 500th game at the Dean E. Smith Center Saturday night against Wake Forest. It was a historical night for the program. While addressing the media ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. For an alternative perspective on the Dean Dome, from deputy Opinion Editor Paige ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. North Carolina students hand out flyers with a petition to renovate and save the Dean E ...

CHAPEL HILL — The Dean E. Smith Center will celebrate its 40-year anniversary on Jan. 18, 2026. Named for UNC basketball’s legendary coach who led the program to a pair of national championships, the ...

In my four years at UNC, I’ve made countless trips to the Dean E. Smith Center. I walked there from Ehringhaus Residence Hall my first year. I’ve walked, driven or taken the bus there for the past ...