Evtimov delayed his decision long enough to make visits to Columbia, S.C., and Charlotte. Vasco Evtimov, his brother, played at North Carolina, but Ilian, who was living in Bulgaria, never saw him play at UNC and the Tar Heels made only a couple of recruiting calls. Ilian did see State play at Wake Forest, though. They didn't even take many shots from outside. Perimeter shooting is his strength.
Some players are smarter than others and some are greater athletes.
McCants scored 21 points as did the Heat's 6-10 Shavlik Randolph of Broughton. Still, the Raleigh Heat will be hard to beat for the rest of the year. Michael Thompson, a 6-11 junior Duke recruit from New Lenox, Ill., is expected to play with the Heat for the rest of the summer. Randolph probably will open at wing forward. And 6-1 junior Raymond Felton, a North Carolina recruit from Latta, S.C., will play with the Heat in some tournaments.