UNC has won two of the three games in the series, including a 90-74 win at the Smith Center in 1987. Seth Trimble has missed three straight games, but could be returning for Tuesday's game.

The North Carolina Tar Heels return home to the Dean Dome for their first home ACC game of 2025, facing the SMU Mustangs on Tuesday, January 7 for a late, 9 p.m. tip-off. UNC is fresh off yet another heart-stopping result,

In SMU’s first basketball visit to Chapel Hill as an ACC member, the Mustangs arrived leading their new conference in scoring and 3-point shooting, but UNC had plenty to say about that Tuesday.

The UNC men's basketball team (10-6, 3-1 ACC) dominated the SMU Mustangs (11-4, 2-2 ACC), 82-67, on Tuesday evening at the Dean E. Smith Center.

UNC will host ACC newcomer SMU for a late, 9 p.m. ET tip-off. North Carolina is coming off a close, 74-73 win over Notre Dame on Saturday, while the visiting Mustangs lost by 27 – at home – to Duke on Saturday.

It will be the first time that these two teams have faced off against each other in ACC play, and thankfully for UNC it will take place in the Dean Dome. The Heels are coming off a way-too-close win over Notre Dame,