SportsCenter gave repeated play to a feel-good story in Raleigh: NC State coach Kay Yow came back to the hardwood after two months of treatment for breast cancer, and her Wolfpack beat the Cavaliers.

UVA led by nine after the break but collapsed in the final minutes. NCSU's Whittington, who played every minute, pulled down 16 boards.

Virginia coach Debbie Ryan, who has herself fought pancreatic cancer, called the encounter emotional "in the beginning... Once the game started, I was OK."