The Dean E. Smith Center is a major basketball arena in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, serving as the home venue for University of North Carolina Tar Heels basketball. With a capacity exceeding 21,000, the arena primarily hosts NCAA basketball games and occasional special events. The facility offers comprehensive media accommodations including dedicated press seating areas with excellent sightlines of the court, spacious press work areas, and professional broadcast facilities. As one of the premier college basketball venues in the Atlantic Coast Conference, it attracts significant regional and national media coverage during the basketball season.
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North Carolina Tar Heels Mens Basketball vs. Virginia Tech Hokies Mens Basketball
Dean E Smith Center · Chapel Hill, NC
North Carolina Tar Heels Mens Basketball vs. Louisville Cardinals Mens Basketball
Dean E Smith Center · Chapel Hill, NC
7:00 PM
North Carolina Tar Heels Mens Basketball vs. Pittsburgh Panthers Mens Basketball
Dean E Smith Center · Chapel Hill, NC
2:00 PM
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