The North Carolina Tar Heels began the 2026 calendar year with a road trip to Dallas for their first road game in the ACC. Fresh off a win over Florida State to close out 2025, the Tar Heels were looking to get to 2-0 in conference play.
But SMU had other ideas.
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Even though they were tied at halftime, the Mustangs caught fire on the field in terms of shooting in the second half and has overtaken North Carolina. This effort was led by guard Boopie Miller who led all scorers with 27 points. As a team, SMU shot 60 percent from the field and it’s hard to beat someone when they shoot that well.
It’s still early in ACC play, but this was a tough loss. Here’s how social media reacted to the game.
An overall poor performance for the UNC defense
Boopie Miller had a GREAT day
Just bad, bad performance all around
This will be a very important bye week for UNC
Some criticisms of Hubert Davis
Jarin Stevenson was impressive
This article was originally published on Tar Heels Wire: UNC Basketball: Social media reactions to SMU loss
