Rashad McCants gets icy welcome in return to North Carolina with Big3 league

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The Big3 came to Charlotte on Sunday, and while Rashad McCants was the No. 1 selection in the inaugural draft for Ice Cube’s new 3-on-3 league, North Carolina fans know him for another reason.

McCants, who won an NCAA title with the Tar Heels in 2005, might be best-known for alleging that tutors attended classes and completed his classwork and he took bogus classes while he was at North Carolina. The NCAA has been investigating the allegations of academic fraud for three years.

Boos and heckles of “Snitch!” rained down at Spectrum Center, but McCants, who scored 13 points as his Trilogy team topped 3 Headed Monsters 50-37, apparently was oblivious.

“I don’t remember hearing no boos,” McCants said afterward.

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Except McCants also acknowledged he might not have had the warmest reception.

“You always feel that connection with the hometown crowd, but apparently due to the media and everything that I’m really standing for and things that I want to really see changing, not a lot of people agree with it,” he said. “We ignore all that because we’re here for a bigger purpose. Injustice is injustice and justice is justice. And when things are going bad and no one’s standing for it, there’s got to be somebody to do it. For me, that’s what I’m here for, to make sure everything is done the right way."

So, what he’s saying is maybe he did hear a few boos.

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