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Yahoo
13-02-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Report suggests UNC leaning one way for new basketball arena
The North Carolina Tar Heels are navigating through another tough season, being on the bubble just a month away from Selection Sunday. As the future of the program continues to be in focus, so does developments for a new arena. Over the past year, there have been talks of either renovating the Dean Dome or building a new arena potentially off campus. And on Thursday, Inside Carolina broke the news of the way the university is leaning. Per Greg Barnes of Inside Carolina, UNC is eyeing the North campus for a new basketball arena. This is a significant development in the process with all signs pointing to a new arena being built for the future: University leadership is leaning toward building a new North Carolina men's basketball arena complex at the off-campus Carolina North location to replace the Dean E. Smith Center after months of consideration, according to multiple sources familiar with the process. The Carolina North site is located at the northwest corner of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Estes Drive in Chapel Hill, where Horace Williams Airport was located until closing in May 2018. When the process began with the working group from UNC, there were six site options revealed for a new arena including renovating the Smith Center or replacing it in the same location. The north campus was also one of the sites which is now where they are reportedly leaning per the report. The idea is that each of the six options would provide a 16,000-seat maximum capacity. The Smith Center opened in 1986 with UNC playing 40 seasons in the arena. More details on the situation will follow. Follow us @TarHeelsWire on X and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of North Carolina Tar Heels news, notes and opinions. This article originally appeared on Tar Heels Wire: Report reveals just where UNC basketball is leaning for new arena
USA Today
05-02-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Top QB recruit in Class of 2026 sets official visit date to UNC football program
Top QB recruit in Class of 2026 sets official visit date to UNC football program The North Carolina Tar Heels sent shockwaves throughout the college football world in December, hiring 8-time Super Bowl Champion Bill Belichick to be their next head coach. Not only is Belichick's hiring expected to turn UNC into a consistent winning program, but it's also catching the attention of several high-profile recruits, including the top players in their respective classes. The high-profile recruit we're talking about in this story happens to be Jared Curtis, a Class of 2026 quarterback from Nashville, Tenn. Curtis is 2026's fourth-ranked player, top-ranked quarterback and Tenneessee's top-ranked prospect, according to the 247Sports Composite rankings. Upon Belichick's initial hiring, Curtis declared his interest in North Carolina. Belichick recently visited Curtis – and it appears the latter will be returning the favor. According to On3 Sports' Steve Wiltfong, Curtis has a visit to Chapel Hill set up for Saturday, April 5. Curtis also has visits to Georgia, Oregon, South Carolina, Alabama and Auburn. Good news for Belichick and the Tar Heels: UNC is Curtis' first visit. North Carolina would nab an absolute gem if able to steal Curtis away from the vaunted SEC. During his 2024 junior fall season, Curtis led Nashville Christian to the TSSAA Division II Class A State Championship, throwing for 2,830 yards and a career-best 40 touchdowns. Curtis' high school totals include 7,665 passing yards, 92 touchdowns and just 19 interceptions. How will the Tar Heels pitch Curtis during his April visit? I'm fairly certain Belichick and his new staff already have a 5-star plan up their sleeves. Here's to hoping UNC can lock down its first 5-star football recruit in the Belichick era. Follow us @TarHeelsWire on X and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of North Carolina Tar Heels news, notes and opinions.
