North Carolina basketball coach Dean Smith grew up in Emporia, Kansas. Explore his old neighborhood and high school, where his legacy lives on.

Children ride their bikes along tree lined Washington Street, in the neighborhood where North Carolina basketball coach Dean ...

If you couldn’t tell by everything about him, Robert Smith is a bookworm — the kind of guy who used the pandemic as an excuse ...

Robert Willett rwillett@newsobserver.com It was not the first ... He is a native son of North Carolina who learned a lot of ...

In the early 2000s, Roy Williams found himself wanting to be in two places at once. The allure of home, and a plea from Dean ...

What looked for a while to be a dud of a game amid much-deserved fanfare turned into a classic meeting between UNC and Kansas ...

Explore Lawrence, Kansas and the historic Allen Fieldhouse, where James Naismith, the inventor of basketball, and legendary ...

Robert Willett rwillett@newsobserver.com All eyes are on North ... and Kansas share more college basketball history than ...

Robert Willett rwillett@newsobserver.com “We play twice a year,” said Welch, who coached the boys team for 12 years. “And the second time we play them, it’s always the Dean Smith game.” ...

Robert Willett rwillett@newsobserver.com It ... He is a native son of North Carolina who learned a lot of what he has ever known from Dean Smith, who was born in Kansas, attended KU and played ...