Syracuse vs. UNC: Live Score, Highlights for Final Four 2016

North Carolina has been the most dominant team in this NCAA tournament, and that continued on Saturday. It led almost wire-to-wire en route to an 83-66 win over Syracuse in Saturday's Final Four in Houston.

The top-seeded Tar Heels (33-6) move on to Monday's national title game against Villanova (34-5), looking for its sixth championship and third since 2005.

Tied at 18 with about eight minutes left, UNC went on a 21-10 run to take a 39-28 lead at halftime. The Heels led by double-digits almost the entire second half, winning by a combined 81 points in their five NCAA tourney games.

Syracuse (23-14) got as close as 57-50 with 9:49 left thanks to a 10-0 run, but then UNC started hitting three-pointers after missing its first 12. Combined with absolute dominance inside, the Heels couldn't be slowed on offense.

UNC shot 53.8 percent overall and made 32-of-48 two-pointers, with Brice Johnson and Justin Jackson each scoring 16 and Marcus Paige adding 15. Trevor Cooney had 22 points and Malachi Richardson added 17 in a losing effort for Syracuse, which made its second Final Four in four years despite being a No. 10 seed and one that many thought wasn't deserving of an NCAA bid.

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