Basketball
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Dean E Smith Center
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Dean E Smith Center
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Suncoast Credit Union Arena
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Suncoast Credit Union Arena
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Dean E Smith Center
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Dean E Smith Center
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Dean E Smith Center
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Dean E Smith Center
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Dean E Smith Center
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Dean E Smith Center
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Maples Pavilion
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Dean E Smith Center
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McCamish Pavilion
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Dean E Smith Center
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Dean E Smith Center
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Watsco Center
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Dean E Smith Center
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Lenovo Center
UNC Tar Heels Men's Basketball History
The University of North Carolina played its first men's basketball game in 1910 and achieved success early on, joining the Southern Conference upon its founding in 1921. In 1924, Norman Shepard coached UNC to an undefeated record in his only season at Chapel Hill. In 1953, UNC was among seven programs to splinter from the SoCon to form the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). UNC won their first national championship under Frank McGuire in 1957, capping off an undefeated season with a triple-overtime upset over Wilt Chamberlain and Kansas. Dean Smith replaced McGuire in 1961, transforming North Carolina from an already successful program into a national powerhouse before retiring in 1997.
Smith's "four corners" offense emphasized ball control and, because college basketball did not have a shot clock until the ’80s, managed to shut down teams completely. James Worthy led the Tar Heels to the 1982 national championship, with the legendary Michael Jordan hitting the game-winning shot against Georgetown to clinch it. In total, UNC has won six NCAA National Championships in 12 title game appearances and set several March Madness records, including 21 Final Four appearances and 134 tournament wins. The Tar Heels are now coached by Hubert Davis, who succeeded Roy Williams in 2021.
UNC has many local and national rivals, but its most bitter by far is the Duke Blue Devils. The two schools first played each other in 1920 when Duke was still known as Trinity College. With just 10 miles separating them on Tobacco Road, the historic rivalry has remained closely tied to both universities.
UNC Tar Heels Team Info
Conference: ACC
Team Colors: Carolina blue and white
Team Rivals: Duke, NC State, Wake Forest
UNC Tar Heels at Dean Smith Center
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, is home to one of the most successful college basketball programs in the nation. The UNC Tar Heels play at the Dean E. Smith Student Activities Center, more commonly known as "The Dean Dome." The arena first opened in 1986 and currently seats 21,750.
Tickets for the North Carolina Tar Heels' 2025-26 regular season can be purchased on Ticketmaster.
The Tar Heels play their basketball games at the Dean E. Smith Student Activities Center (also known as the Dean Smith Center or "The Dean Dome") in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The seating map for Dean Smith Center can be viewed on Ticketmaster(Opens in new tab).
I enjoyed the game immensely. The seats were great. The ONLY negative was we were sitting behind the Rutgers band so sometimes it was hard to see game action.
More food concessions should have been open. The lines were way too long, especially at halftime, so we bought nothing.
Though North Carolina dominated, it was a good game to go to. Other than that - The food selection is a joke. MSG needs to step it up more than a few notches. Also, $10 for a beer served in a plastic mug.. This spells RIPOFF. What was good were the seating.. center court in 300 section are good seats.
Nothing like seeing college basketball in the Garden.
The basketball game came down to the last seconds. Great game, but it took forever to get into the parking lot. There were cars lined up for blocks and we started out almost an hour early.
Tarheels played a strong game. Even though our seats were as high as you could go we had a good view of the game. The parking was atrocious. Missed 15 minutes of the game waiting to park in the overflow lot, and then to add insult to injury, still had to pay $10! That was superfrustrating....So if you plan to attend an event at the coliseum arrive at least an hour early!
I've never been to a college basketball game before so this was a great experience for me. The game was awesome, even though the Tar Heels lost. The only problem I had was with the coliseum. They seemed very unprepared. We had to park a mile away from the coliseum and walk. Wouldn't have been a problem if I didn't have my 4 year old with me.
The game was great even though the Tarheels lost it went down to the wire. The negative aspect was the Greensboro Coliseum and Greensboro Police department. They were terrible at crowd control. It took over an hour to park and my wife had to let the kids and me off on the street to get into the game on time. After paying 30 bucks for her ticket, plus a 12 dollar convienance charge and 10 dollars to park sShe missed the first 15 minutes of the game. Inside the coliseum was just as bad as service lines were so long you could not move. It took just as long to leave the coliseum parking lot as it took to get in. Enjoyed the game but becasue of the way Greensboro handles crowds I will not be back
Game was great, however parking was atrocious. Not sufficient public parking provided by the coliseum. Traffic was terrible given the difficulty in locating parking. Many people, including us, were late to the game because of this.
The basketball game UNC vs. Texas was a very entertaining & challenging contest for both teams. Although the Heels ran out of time at the end of the game and eventually lost, it was still fun. Anytime I have the opportunity to see the Heels in action in my own town it makes me happy. It was also a great way to celebrate the holidays with my family.