3. Sam Perkins- No matter what nickname you called him, "the Big Smooth" or "Sleepy Sam", Perkins played with an easy, natural grace that was not common to big men when her arrived in Chapel Hill in the fall of 1980. He had not been playing basketball long when began his freshman season but he quickly made an impact and was the second leading scorer on the team at 14.9. He was also named the 1981 ACC Tournament MVP and appeared in the Final Four when the Tarheels lost in the Finals to Indiana. I recently watched their Final Four game against Virginia. Virginia featured 7'4" Ralph Sampson Perkins went up and blocked a Sampson jump shot which was an impressive feat considering Perkins was giving up seven inches in height on the play. Perkins finished his North Carolina as the second leading scorer and the all-time leading rebounder. He is still the third leading scorer and the second leading rebounder.
4. Vince Carter- Carter came North Carolina with the reputation as a high flyer and his mid-air acrobatics were second only to Michael Jordan in the annals of North Carolina basketball. The two plays that I remember most from Vince Carter is the dunk he had over Tim Duncan when North Carolina completed a comeback win over Wake Forest and an alley oop thrown from past half court by Shammond Williams against Florida State. He drove right down the middle of the lane against Wake Forest with only Tim Duncan standing in the way and he rose up and over Duncan and threw it down with two hands. Against Florida State Williams threw the ball towards the basket and Carter went up and got it. While he was at North Carolina, Carter transformed from a high flying athlete into a complete player and he is just now finishing up a 17 or 18 year career in the NBA.
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