Next Level: The Future of UNC's Smith Center

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🗓️ 11 September 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

In the continuing Next Level series discussing North Carolina’s challenges in the new era of college athletics, Inside Carolina’s Greg Barnes and Tommy Ashley delve into the iconic Dean E. Smith Center and how the school can best update and upgrade the aging facility. Barnes and Ashley discuss the Smith Center origins and place on the Chapel Hill campus as well as the recent report highlighting six options for renovating or potentially moving the Tar Heel baseball home to a new location. (edited) To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.1	Welcome in to another edition of Inside Carolina's Next Level.
0:33.3	I'm Tommy Ashley.
0:34.1	That's Greg Barnes, sponsored by Johnny T-shirt and Johnny T-shirt.com.
0:38.3	And congruity. This is next level where we kind of do a deeper dive into all things North Carolina athletics, both on and off the field and court.
1:11.0	Today we're going to talk about a specific court.
1:13.7	That would be Roy Williams court inside the Dean E. Smith Center.
1:18.2	Greg, a lot of chatter over the last couple weeks about the Smith Center,
1:22.7	renovating, rebuilding.
1:24.4	Let's get into the weeds here.
1:26.3	What have you found out?
1:27.4	What have you learned? Let's sort of
1:29.4	start from the beginning. I'm going to tell a story first. Smith Center was due to open against
1:34.4	Carolina and UCLA, I believe in 1985, November of 1985. And it didn't happen. We all know about the Carolina I ended up playing Duke in the first game.
1:48.0	I believe it was two versus five.
1:50.0	But that November, prior to the UCLA game, my family and I are walking through Carmichael
1:55.0	Auditorium, and I may have told you this story, Greg, but others have not heard it.
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