UNC's McCants: 'Just Show Up, Play'

Ex-UNC Star: I Took Sham Classes
Apr 04, 2005; St Louis, MO, USA; NCAA College Basketball (Final Championship Game: Illinois vs North Carolina) PICTURED: Rashad McCants and Roy Williams during the Illinois Fighting Illini v North Carolina Tar Heels in the NCAA Final Four championship game on Monday, Apr. 4, 2005 at the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis, MO. (Photo by Sporting News/Sporting News via Getty Images)
Apr 04, 2005; St Louis, MO, USA; NCAA College Basketball (Final Championship Game: Illinois vs North Carolina) PICTURED: Rashad McCants and Roy Williams during the Illinois Fighting Illini v North Carolina Tar Heels in the NCAA Final Four championship game on Monday, Apr. 4, 2005 at the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis, MO. (Photo by Sporting News/Sporting News via Getty Images)

Rashad McCants, the second-leading scorer on the North Carolina basketball team that won the 2004-05 national title, told ESPN's "Outside the Lines" that tutors wrote his term papers, he rarely went to class for about half his time at UNC, and he remained able to play largely because he took bogus classes designed to keep athletes academically eligible.

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