HOUSTON—Today is a long day. With nearly 12 hours until tipoff (if you're wondering how the Tar Heels will spend today, they have a noon shootaround at NRG Stadium) of tonight’s Carolina-Syracuse battle in the Final Four, here’s a look at five of the best individual Tar Heel performances in the national semifinals. These are the showings to which we’ll hopefully be adding another name later this evening.
1981, Al Wood against Virginia: This is the individual Final Four game against which all other UNC contests are measured. The Tar Heel senior had 25 points in the second half alone on his way to 39 for the game, the most ever by a Carolina player in the Final Four.