Still, school officials have their reasons to want to relocate. If they were to build a new arena at the new site, they would be able to create a potentially better parking situation, make a ...

Roy Williams said Dean Smith once charged him with protecting the Smith Center’s place on campus, a responsibility Williams is continuing to embrace as the university weighs whether to relocate 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 ...

With all the chatter about the future of the current Dean E. Smith Center, it's led to us all having some time to reflect on some of our favorite memories that the historic venue has provided us with.

For an alternative perspective on the Dean Dome from Associate Opinion Editor Ned Barnett: Basketball is evolving. UNC’s basketball arena should, too. Back in 2024, UNC leaders paid a public relations ...

CHAPEL HILL — Generations of North Carolina men’s basketball fans trekked down the hill to the Dean E. Smith Student Activities Center on Saturday night — just as they have done for 40 years — to ...

Mike Krzyzewski said he would defer to Roy Williams as the debate over the future of North Carolina’s basketball arena continues, adding that any changes should preserve Dean Smith’s legacy. 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 ...