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Wolfpack dig down in Yow's absence

By Mechelle Voepel
Special to ESPN.com

Thursday, January 15, 2009

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Just after a spirited NC State rally fell short against Florida State on Thursday, a fan in the hallway at Reynolds Coliseum said, "You know, we should have pressed them earlier." It's the kind of thing fans say after games everywhere, and will say for all time. But it just seemed nice to hear it here. Basketball talk can seem so frivolous when everyone knows that Wolfpack coach Kay Yow is in the midst of another intense battle with cancer. But this is exactly what Yow ...

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