“He didn’t want people to perceive this as just Dean Smith’s championship. He always wants his players to have center stage.” Perhaps Smith’s “players win championships, not coaches ...

The University of North Carolina is considering building a new men's basketball arena complex off-campus to replace the Dean Smith Center, according to a report from Greg Barnes of Inside Carolina.

As a 1988 graduate, Scott Bouldin watched the UNC men’s basketball team compete on two different home courts – Carmichael Arena as a first-year and the newly opened Dean E. Smith Center during ...