The 18 greatest UNC basketball players of the Roy Williams era

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CHAPEL HILL, NC – FEBRUARY 12: Rashad McCants #32 of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Tar Heels holds the ball above his head during the game against the University of Virginia Cavaliers at Dean E. Smith Center on February 12, 2003 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The Tar Heels won 81-67. (Photo by Craig Jones/Getty Images) /

No 10: Rashad McCants

Okay… I have a feeling this one is going to be controversial, and I completely understand why. For one, Rashad McCants wasn’t a Roy Williams recruit. Spoiler alert: there are other players who deserve to be on this list as well who weren’t recruits of Roy Williams. However, because of his off-the-court antics, he slides down the list lower than he otherwise might have been.

Also, despite how you feel about him now, what he has said about the University, or what he did after his time in Chapel Hill, as a player, he was great for the Tar Heels and a key piece of the 2005 National Championship team.

Throughout his three-year career, he averaged 29.2 minutes per game, 17.6 points per game, including 2.3 three-pointers per game, hitting 42.3% of his three-point attempts. During the NCAA Tournament in 2005, he helped power the Tar Heels to the National Championship by averaging 17 points per game and making 50% of his three-pointers.

He was First-Team All-ACC in 2004, Third-Team All-ACC in 2005, Third-Team All-American in 2004 and 2005. His No. 32 jersey is still in the Smith Center rafters as an honored jersey. Despite how you may feel about what he did, his talent and production helped hang Roy Williams’ first banner.

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