UNC arena host brings extra energy to the Smith Center

By Chris Lea, WRAL-TV Sports anchor, reporter

This season, North Carolina Basketball did something different. They hired B Daht, a comedian and radio personality, to be their arena host. Whether you were there in person or just watched from home, there's no doubt about the impact he made in the Smith Center.

“His excitement for this program, for our players, for this university is infectious," UNC Head Coach Hubert Davis said of B Daht. "It’s great to have his energy at the game.”

Coach Davis wanted to put his unique stamp on UNC during his first season leading the program, so for his first Late Night as head coach he brought in B Daht as an arena host for the night.

“I looked at it as an audition," B Daht told Chris Lea and Dennis Cox on the 'Culture State' podcast. "I told my friends that were close to me, I told my wife and kids, I said, ‘listen, I’m going to go in here and I’m going to host this event and I’m going to do such a remarkable job that they’re going to say, ‘hey, we have to keep this energy in here more often’.”