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Road gets tougher for Cardinal

By Ed Graney
Special to ESPN.com

Thursday, February 5, 2004

Jay John will tell you the key is maintaining regimen, that the difficult part is preserving some semblance of normalcy amid the mounting chaos. "The most important thing is not to change who you are," said John, head basketball coach at Oregon State and former longtime assistant at Arizona. "Come out each game and do what you do as well as you can. And as (outside influence) starts to creep into your basketball family, don't allow things to be built up bigger than they really are. "Your kids ...

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